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World History 92313

TermDefinition
City - States A city that functions much like an independent country
trireme strong wooden ships built with battering ram in front
tyrant powerful individuals who gaained control of a city-state's goverment by appealing to the poor or support
myth a traditional story about gods , ancestors , or heros , told to explain the natural world or the customs and beliefs
odyssey poem written by homer telling story of odysseus return from the trojan wars to his home in ithaca
lliad poem written by homer telling the tale of how the greeks and trojans battled for 10 years after paris stole helen away from menalaus
royal road a road in the persian empire sterching 1,600 miles sula in persia to sardis in antatolia
phalanx a military formation where soldiers fought shoulder to shoulder and shield to shield for protection
monarchy a government ruled by a king or queen
democracy a government controlled by its citizens
acroplis fortified hilltop
oligarchy a government in which power is in the hands of few people - especially one in which rule is based on wealth
aristocray a government in which power is in the hands of a hereditay ruling class or nobility
thermopylae mountain pass where 300 spartan soldiers held off thousands of persian soldiers during the persian wars . aslo called the hot gates
hoplite name of the soldiers used in the battle or marathon
philosopher a thinker who uses logic and reason to investigate the nature of the universe, human society, and morality; also known as lover of wisdom 
Hellenism: blending of Greek, Macedonian, Persian, Egyptian, and Indian cultures due to Alexander’s conquests
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