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Ancient Greece
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Polis | A city-state of Greece that was the fundamental unit there |
| Acropolis | A fortified hilltop where citizens of Greek polis met to discuss city government |
| Monarchy | One of the many Greek forms of government, one person ruled |
| Aristocracy | Another type of Greek gov., government ruled by a small group of nobles |
| Oligarchy | Another type of Greek gov., gov. ruled by a few powerful people |
| Phalanx | Side-by-side formation most Greek armies took when fighting |
| Democracy | The Athenian form of government, ruled by people |
| Tyrant | Some rulers in Greece who gained power by appealing to common people for support |
| Direct Democracy | A form of gov. where citizens rule directly, not through representatives |
| Tragedy | A serious drama, scenes are filled with common themes |
| Comedy | Drama where scenes are filled with slapstick situations and crude humor |
| Alexander the Great | Son of Philip II who made great accomplishments as king of Macedonia for 13 years |
| Homer | A blind man known as the greatest storyteller, wrote the Iliad and Odysseus |
| Peloponnesian War | A war between Athens and Sparta |
| Persian Wars | A series of wars in the fifth century BC when Greek polis's battled the Persians |
| Delian League | An alliance the Greek city-states formed to drive the Persians out |
| Athens | One of the 2 most powerful Greek city-states |
| Sparta | The other most powerful Greek city-state |
| Legislature | A part of the Athenian court |
| Trojan War | A 10 yr war that Mycenaeans fought w/ Troy around 1200 BC |
| Mycenaean | What some of the people settled on the Greek mainland around 2000 BC came to be known (they came from Mycenae) |
| Minoan | A seafaring and trading people that lived on the island of Crete from 2000 to 1400 BC |
| Socrates | Believed absolute standards exist for truth and justice |
| Aristotle | A philosopher than questioned nature of world and human belief, thought and knowledge. Came close to summarizing all knowledge of his time |
| Plato | Student of Socrates, author of The Republic |
| Philip II | King of Macedonia who noticed when polis's declined in military and economic power |
| Macedonia | A kingdom just N of Greece w/ cold climate and rough terrain |
| Philosopher | What Greek called thinkers |
| Epic | Narrative poems celebrating heroic deeds |
| Myth | Traditional stories in Greece about their gods |
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