A polis controlled itself either by a king democracy
A colony did not it was ruled by another city
He invented the power loom.
<span>They started because the Persian Empire expanded into Ionia where there were several Greek colonies. The colonists sent back to Greece for help. The Athenians sent a few ships to help the colonists, but the cities were taken any way. To put the mainland Greeks in their place, the Persians sent a small force to punish the Greeks. So begins the battle of Marathon. </span>
I think that Emerson's Self-reliance talks about individuality. In this theory, people are guided by their instinct and that people should not follow rules that are set by conformity. It values self-expression and thus encourages people to go beyond the norms or what it expected of them.
