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HCC1 WGU
Greek & Hellenistic Civilization
Question | Answer |
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Minoan age | the bronze age civilization that arose in Crete in the 3rd and 2nd millennia bce. |
Mycenaean age | bronze age civilization of mainland Greece that was centered at Mycenae. |
Polis | translation is both city and state |
Acropolis | the religious and civic center of Athens. It is the site of the Parthenon. |
Sparta and Athens | the 2 most powerful Greek states |
Panhellenic | "all-Greek" - the sense of cultural identity that all Greeks felt in common with each other. |
Magna Graecia | meaning "great Greece" in Latin, it was the name given by the Romans to southern Italy and Sicily because there were so many Greek colonies in the region. |