The Greek or city-states, were ruled independently for centuries and located
near the Mediterranean Sea due to limited natural resources.

The Greek polis or city-states, were ruled independently for centuries and located near the Mediterranean Sea due to limited natural resources.

polis

detente translated to english means politics

the punishment for breaking the law would depend on the conditions or the seriousness of the law being broken, if he or she breaks the law while doing some great discovery or invention then it would classify as a scientific fraud. there are other words to describe the crime but scientific fraud would be the harshest one.