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greece vocab
Term | Definition |
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polis | A greek word for a city-state |
acropolis | A high hill upon which a greek fortress was built |
classical age | An age marked by great greek achievements. |
mythology | stories about gods and heroes that expa;ain gow the world works |
persian war | A series of words between Persia and Greece during the 400s |
peloponnesian war | A war between a thousands and sapata and the four hundreds |
torian war | The 10-year war wage against Troy by the Greeks caused by the induction of Helen by Paris |
hellenistic | Greek like heavenly influence by Greek ideas |
colonization | The actor process of a stabbing saying a colony or colonies |
philosophi | Corinthians a set of ideas or beliefs relating to a particular field or activity |
parthenon | A temple built was a god is a wisdom of strategy |
Tenant farmers | People who paid rent either in money or crops to grow crops on another new person's land tenant farmers in ancient Greece were called theats |
Democracy | Greeks form of government |
Citizenship | Idea first promoted in a season's members in a community are given both rights and responsibility a key component of the democracy |
Direct democracy | Style of democracy that works well with smaller populations like in a ethans each boat counts |
Representative democracy | Citizens evict mothers to represent them in government representative make them decisions on beliefs |
barracks | Military housing |
the pyrrhic dance | Famous Spartan war dance |
Hopalite | Greek shoulder was the first soldier called a hobbylight popularized carry large shield and long speirs |
Hoplon | Name of the shield that the hoplite soldier held |
phalanx | Was a rectangular mass military formation used by the ancient Greeks |
doru | Also referred to as a door chief spear used by the Hoplite 7 to 9 ft tall |
corinthian helmet | Took his name from the city state of Corinthians it was made a bronze which later styles covered the entire head and made Neck slits for eyes and mouth |
aristocracy | Ruled by the best or a government ruled by rich families |
agora | A public open space used for assemblies and marketis |