City-state : City state 

Examples of city-states in history include:

• Venice
• Sumer
• Danzig
• Mayan civilization

See also: polis

The term city-state is also used for a city that is a state by itself: the independent states Monaco, Singapore, Liechtenstein, San Marino and Vatican City; the states of Germany: Berlin, Bremen and Hamburg; and the Chinese Special Administrative Regions: Hong Kong and Macau.

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