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chapter 3 vocab
key terms and people
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Indo-Europeans- | -a group of semi-nomadic people who migrated from southern Russia to the Indian subcontinent around 1700 BC. |
| Rosetta stone- | -a granite stone found in 1799 that bears an inscription in hieroglyphics, demotic characters, and Greek; gave the first clue to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphics. |
| Polis- | -a city-state of ancient Greece. |
| Acropolis- | -a walled, high area surrounding a polis. |
| argora- | -an open area that served as a meeting place and market in early Greek city-state. |
| helots- | -in ancient Greece, state slaves. |
| hoplites- | -foot soldiers in ancient Greece. |