Urupus - Urupus

Japanese: ウルプス - うるぷす
Urupus - Urupus

… Similarly, cities in Russia, China, the Arab world, etc., seem to have different views of cities from the above, based on their urban forms and lifestyles. [Kenichi Tanabe]
[History of World Cities]

【Europe】

[Ancient Greek and Roman cities]
In the heyday of classical antiquity in Europe, i.e., in Greece and Rome, cities were called polis or urbs, and were city-states with territories surrounding them. Their basic characteristics were that they were formed as a result of the concentration of landlord warriors, and that their members were consumer citizens, dependent on slavery for agricultural production and on a variety of vassals and foreigners for commerce and industry.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Urupus" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 同様に,ロシア,中国,アラブ等の都市も,都市の形態,生活様態からして,上述の事がらとはまた違った都市観がそれぞれにあるように思われる。【田辺 健一】
〔世界の都市史〕

【ヨーロッパ】

[古代ギリシア,ローマの都市]
 ヨーロッパの古典古代,すなわちギリシア,ローマの盛時における都市はポリスあるいはウルプスurbsと呼ばれ,周辺一帯の領土をもつ都市国家である。その基本的な特色は,地主的戦士の集住を契機に成立したものであり,農業生産は奴隷制に,商工業は多様な付庸の民や異邦人に依存する,いわば消費者的市民を構成メンバーとするものであった。…

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