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The center of politics and commercial connections in the ANCIENT GREEK LANGUAGE polis was the agora. The term essentially means a gathering place or an open space, and in all Greek city areas, the agora was central to all or any aspects of lifestyle and commerce. As the agora developed as a civic space, particularly from the sixth hundred years BCE onward in Athens, the architectural splendor of the buildings associated with it became an a lot more obvious demo of the energy and glory of Athenian democracy. In its first forms, an agora in maritime locations was invariably situated near to the sea, while in inland urban centers, it was usually located at the base of the hill that normally provided the city's ultimate security. The agora was always the oldest part of any city and, as such, and as well as being the commercial hub of the area, also became the center of the religious and politics life of the polis. In Homer's time, an agora may have car seats for the comfort of the people that had assembled to talk to with one another. The city's oldest sanctuaries were always located either in or very close to the agora itself, and the first festive game titles were presented in its open space. Streets to and from the location devoted to the agora, and it was usually the starting place for any processions to the various sacred sites been to by the populace. The space itself was cured in much the same way as a temenos or sacred precinct.
