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ancient greece

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Mediterranean he largest sea that separates Europe and Africa
Gulf of Corinth narrow body of water to the west of the isthmus of Corinth that separates northern Greece from the Peloponnesus
Aegean sea sea to the east between Greece and Asia minor
Ionian sea sea located between southern Greece and Italy to the west
Adriatic sea sea located between northern Greece and Italy to the west
Mt.Olympus (Olympic mountains) highest peak in Greece. Mythical home of the Olympic god.
Peloponnesus large peninsula that forms the southern part of Greece
Knossos ancient capital of the Minoan culture on the Aegean island of Crete
Minoans advance seafaring and trading civilization based on the island of Crete in the Southern Aegean sea.
thera (Santorini) volcanic island in the Aegean believed by some to have been the cite of the legendary lost world of Atlantis
Crete large island located in the southern Aegean sea, where the Minoan civilization flourished
Trojan war legendary ten year war fought between the Greeks, led by king Agamemnon of Sparta and the city of tory a rich trading city on the coast of Asia minor (present day turkey)
lliad homers epic story of the Trojan war
troy Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
Heinrich Schliemann German archaeologist who was said to have discovered the ruins of troy on the coast of turkey and the golden
city state a state consisting of a sovereign city and its dependencies. Among the most famous are the great independent cities of the ancient world, such as Athens, Sparta, Carthage, Thebes, Corinth, and Rome
democracy government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.one person=1 vote only Athenian men could vote
Mycenaean's , "pertaining to Mycenae," the ancient city on the Argive plain, from L. Mycenaeus, from Gk. Mykenaios "of Mycenae," from Mykenai. In ref. to the Aegean civilization that flourished 1500-1100 B.C.E. and was centered on Mycenae, it is from 1890s.
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