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Ancient Greece
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Medditeranean | the largest sea that seperates Europe and Africa |
| Gulf of corinth | narrow body of water to the west of the isthmus of corinth that seperates northern greece from peloponnesus (sothern penninsula) |
| aegan sea | sea to the east , between greece and asian minor |
| ionian sea | sea located between southern greece greece and itsly to the west |
| adriatic sea | sea located northern greece and italy to the west |
| mt olympus | highest peak in greece mythical home of the olympic gods |
| peloponnesus | large pennisula that forms the southern part of greece |
| knossos | ancient capital of the minoans culture on the aegaen island of crete |
| minoans | advanced seafaring and trading civilization based on the island of crete in the southern aegaen sea |
| thera | volcanic island in the aegean believed by some to have been the site of the legendary lost civilization atlantis |
| crete | large island located in the aegean sea where the minoan civilization flourished |
| Trojan war | legendary 10-year war fought between the Greeks led by king Agamemnon of Sparta and the city-state of troy a rich trading city on the coast of asian minor present day turkey |
| lliad | homers epic story of the Trojan war |
| troy | Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad. |
| Heinrich Schliemann | german archeologist who was said to have discovered the ruins of troy on the coast of turkey and the golden "king priams treasure" in 1873 using homers lliad as a guide |
| city state | a sovereign state consisting of an autonomous city with its dependencies. |
| democracy | A form of government in which the people govern themselves. One person = 1 vote only athenian men could vote |
| Mycenaens | Also called Mycenaean Greek. the earliest recorded Greek dialect, written in the Linear B syllabary and dating from the 15th through the 13th centuries b.c. |
| Asia Minor | A peninsula in western asia between the black sea and the mediterranean sea the site of present day eastern turkey |
| Hellas | Name for greece in greek |
| Hellespont | Ancient greek name for dardanelles the narrow strait separating europe and asia at the northern tip of the aegean sea |
| Sea of Marmara | Sea located between the dardanelles strait and the bosporus |
| The Bosporus | Strait located at the northern end of the sea of marmara and leading the black sea |
| black sea | inland sea SW eurasia present day ukraine and russia |
| the river styx | the styx was the principal river of the undergorund which had to be crossed to pass to the regions of the dead called hades (hell) |
| sicily | large island located off the tip of the italian peninsula. both the spartans and the athenians fought for control of sicily because of its strategic location in the middle of the mediterrainian sea which made it an important location for trade |
| syracuse | located near SE coast of sicily it is built on an ancient greek settlement founded by the cornithians in 734bc it was the most important city in magna graecia greater greece and for a time rivaled athens as the most important vity of the greek world |
| proximity | related to relative location it is how near or close a thing or place is to another ex: coventry is proximite to west warick |
| cultural diffusion | the spreading of ideas or products from one culture to another. direct diffusion of culture occurs when two distinct cultures ae very close together,proximity, occured through trade, intermarriage and sometimes warfare |
| the parthenon | famous temple of the goddess athena located on the acropolis in athens one of the seven wonders in the world |
| caratids | famous artichetural columns sculpted to look like female figures on the eruchtheum temple located on the acropolis |
| athens | greek citystate where democracy was founded defeated by sparta in the peloponnesian war capital of modern greece |
| sparta | citystate in ancient greece known for its warrior culture defeated athens in the peloponnesian war |
| dark ages of greece | period between 1200bc-800bc marked by a widespread collapse in population possibly due by disease before the rise of the citystates such as athens also called thew homeric age |
| golden age | period from 479bc-431bc when the athens grew rich and powerful from trade and silver and made amazing achievements in the arts literature philosophy architecture and government democracy was founded during this period |
| thebes | ancient greek citystate home of the tragic greek hero oedipus thebes revolted against macedonian rule and was conquered by alexander the great |
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