ancient greece vocab
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| peninsula | a body of land with water on 3 sides
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| crete | a island lies in the southwest of greek mainland
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| mycenae | walled palaces in this area
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| agamemnon | a king of the mycenaean
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| peloponnesus | a area dorians settled
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| colonies | a group of people of one nationality or ethnic group living in a foreign city or country.
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| polis | a greek city-state
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| agora | open area below accroplis
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| tyrant | someone who rules with agresion
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| oligarchy | few people rule
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| democracy | all citizens rule
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| sparta | An ancient Greek city-state and rival of Athens. Sparta was known for its militaristic government and for its educational system designed to train children to be devoted citizens and brave soldiers. Sparta defeated Athens in the Peloponnesian War.
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| athens | Capital of Greece in east-central Greece on the plain of Attica, overlooking an arm of the Mediterranean Sea. Named after its patron goddess, Athena, Athens is Greece's largest city and its cultural, administrative, and economic center.
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| helots | captive workers
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| solon | a noble
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| peisistratus | a tyrant
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| cleisthenes | most important leader after peisisttratus
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| socrates | Pronunciation: /ˈsɒkrətiːz/ (469–399 bc), Greek philosopher. As represented in the writings of his disciple Plato, he engaged in dialogue with others in an attempt to define ethical concepts by exposing and dispelling error (the Socratic method)
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| pericles | athenian politics was a general named pericles
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| plato | Greek philosopher noted for his many written dialogues in which his mentor Socrates appears as the central character.
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| aristotle | is a towering figure in ancient Greek philosophy, making contributions to logic, metaphysics, mathematics, physics, biology, botany, ethics, politics, agriculture, medicine, dance and theatre. He was a student of Plato
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| vote | to elect someone ruler
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