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/sɪˈniːsɪzəm/ · noun
(Ancient Greece) The unification of towns, tribes etc. under one capital city or polis..
They always remained separate states and were never synoikised.
Legends...current before the villages were synoecised into Athens.
When the town was first formed...by the synœcism of the neighboring villages.
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Synoecism means (Ancient Greece) The unification of towns, tribes etc. under one capital city or polis..
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They always remained separate states and were never synoikised.
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