What is the polis and why does the English translation of "city-state" fail to capture the full meaning of the term? How much of our knowledge of the Greek Dark Age (1100-800 BCE) and the Archaic period (800-480 BCE) do we owe to archaeological findings? Cite at least one example of a major discovery that we made through archaeology which changed our basic understanding of one or both of these historical periods

What is the polis and why does the English translation of "city-state" fail to capture the full meaning of the term? How much of our knowledge of the Greek Dark Age (1100-800 BCE) and the Archaic period (800-480 BCE) do we owe to archaeological findings? Cite at least one example of a major discovery that we made through archaeology which changed our basic understanding of one or both of these historical periods