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Ancient Greece
polis | The Greek word for city-state |
Acropolis | A high hill upon which a Greek fortress was built |
Classical Age | an age marked by great Greek achievement |
Mythology | stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works |
Persian War | a series of wars between Persia and Greece in the 400s BC |
Peloponnesian War | a war between Athens and Sparta in the 400s BC |
Trojan War | The 10 year war waged against Troy by the Greeks |
Hellenistic | Greek like heavily influenced by Greek ideas |
Colonization | The act or process of establishing a colony or colonies |
Philosophy | A set of ideas or beliefs relating to a particular field or activity; an underlying theory |