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Greece
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Tryant | someone who takes power by force and rules with total authority |
Oligarchy | a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution. |
Democracy | a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives. |
Sparta | An ancient Greek city-state and rival of Athens. |
Athens | Capital of Greece in east-central Greece on the plain of Attica, overlooking an arm of the Mediterranean Sea. |
Helots | a member of a class of serfs in ancient Sparta, intermediate in status between slaves and citizens. |
Solon | was an Athenian statesman, lawmaker, and poet. |
Peisistratus | Athenian tyrant. |
Cleisthenes | was a noble Athenian of the Alcmaeonid family. |
Persia | an ancient empire located in West and South West Asia: |
Peninsula | a body of land with water on three sides |
Crete | Island in southeastern Greece in the Mediterranean Sea. |
Mycenae | an ancient city in South Greece, in Argolis |
Agamemnon | was the son of King Atreus and Queen Aerope of Mycenae, the brother of Menelaus, the husband of Clytemnestra and the father of Iphigenia, Electra or Laodike |
Peloponnesus | a peninsula forming the South part of Greece |
Colonies | is a settlement in a new territory that keeps close ties to its homeland. |
Polis | city or city-state |
agora | a public open space used for assemblies and markets. |
Plato | was a student of Socrates and later became the teacher of Aristotle. |
Aristotle | is a towering figure in ancient Greek philosophy, making contributions to logic, metaphysics, mathematics, physics, biology, botany, ethics, politics, agriculture, medicine, dance and theatre. |
Socrates | Greek philosopher |
Pericles | Athenian statesman whose leadership contributed to Athens' political and cultural supremacy in Greece |
Philosopher | a person engaged or learned in philosophy, especially as an academic discipline. |
Vote | a formal indication of a choice between two or more candidates or courses of action, expressed typically through a ballot or a show of hands or by voice. |