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Ancient Greece
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Peninsula | a piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water. |
Crete | Island in southeastern Greece in the Mediterranean Sea. |
Mycenae | an inhabitant of Mycenae or member of the Mycenaean people. |
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 Laodice |
Peloponnesus | a peninsula forming the S part of Greece: seat of the early Mycenaean civilization and the powerful city-states of Argos, Sparta, etc. |
colonies | a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country. |
Polis | a city state in ancient Greece, especially as considered in its ideal form for philosophical purposes. |
agora | (in ancient Greece) a public open space used for assemblies and markets. |
Tyrant | a cruel and oppressive ruler. |
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 | |
Helots | |
Solon | |
Peisistratus | |
Cleisthenes |