Curious about The Polis

[PM Putin]

Do we have anyone with knowledge about certain practices by the polis? Specifically, I am curious about ancient Greek city-states.

How did the governments of the city-states collect taxes? Where did leaders of the city-states stash their money? What would the Greeks say today about all of the modern talk about "human rights"?

I've always been pretty curious about this and figured the Pit might be able to provide some answers.

 

[drew]

Poleis is plural

 

[sailordeac]

Well Vlad, why should you be interested in the Poles? You know the Greeks have nothing to do with them, and you Russians have been taking turns with the Germans in mugging the poor devils for hundreds of years. You should be ashamed.