TY - JOUR AU - Tsivatyi , V. G. PY - 2021/05/25 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Institute of City-State: Political and Diplomatic Phenomenon (From Antiquity to Early Time Modern Period) JF - Zaporizhzhia Historical Review JA - ZHR VL - 1 IS - 40 SE - World History DO - UR - https://istznu.org/index.php/journal/article/view/1334 SP - 271-275 AB - The article deals with the analysis of the institute of city-state in historical retrospective review. Particular attention is given to the city-state in the context of institutional state development and reception processes. Development directions of the phenomenon of city-sate at different historical periods are defined as acquisition of historical and cultural heritage. The essence of the concept of city-state is opened – as a contemporary phenomenon of ancient society and its political and diplomatic significance for Europe today. There are analised the basic characteristics of the city-state, its institutional structure and functions as the Greek civil community. The phenomenon of the city-state as a socio-political formaton was that for the first time the humankind invented the institutional mechanism of unity on the principles of publicity. ER -