Rather than simply being transliterated, the term for these entities is rendered into Aramaic as gbl (“guh-bul”) in a Palmyrene bilingual referencing the “Tadmorians.” A 2024 history titled for these entities begins by analyzing a decree concerning attempts to forcibly introduce goats to an island. Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood argued that these entities mediate cultic participation (15[1])in a chapter on their namesake “religion.” A “new history” titled for these entities “from the Early Iron Age to the End of Antiquity” by John (*) Ma (10[1])provides a continuous history (10[1])of them past the Archaic and Classical periods. Synoecism (10[1])(“sin-EE-kiz-um”), a process (10[1])in which dēmoi (“DEE-moy”) are unified, denotes the formation of these (10[1])entities, (10[1])which could form confederations called koina, (10[1])such as the (10[1])Achaean (“uh-KEE-un”) League. (-5[1])For 10 points, give this term translated as “city-state” from Ancient Greek. ■END■ (0[1])