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Chapter 8 History
History Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Polis | Greek word for a city state |
Classical | Marked by great achievements |
Acropolis | A high hill |
Democracy | A type of government in which people rule themselves |
Aristocrats | A group of rich landowners |
Oligarchy | A government in which only a few people have power |
Citizens | People who had the right to participate in government. |
Tryant | A leader who held power through the use of force |
Democracy | a type of government in which people rule themselves. |
Aristocrats | Rich land owners |
Oligarchy | A government in which only a few people have power |
Citizens | people who had the right to participate in government |
Tyrant | a leader who held power through the use of force |
Mythology | a body of stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works. |
Fable | a short story that teaches a lesson about life or gives advice on how to live |
Homer | author of the Odessy and epis poems |
Sappho | Famous for her poems |
Aesop | Famous for his fables |
Cyrus The Great | Cyrus won independence for Persia and conquered the Medes.His victory marked the beginning of the Persian Empire. |
Immortals | Group of soldiers that were very strong and we thought to be impossible to conquer |
Cavalry | A cavalry is a unit of soldiers who ride horses. |
Darius I | Darius I claimed the throne and killed all his rivals for power he worked to restore order in Persia, Persian society and expanded the empire. |
Satraps | Some one that is like a governors |
Xerxes | Ten years after the Battle of Marathon, Darius’s son tried to conquer Greece again. |
Alliance | |
Peloponnesian War |