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The Greek World
Term | Definition |
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alliance | conjoint effort of different nations in war or a truce |
cavalry | unit of soldiers on horseback |
Cyrus the Great | Persian king who did not change traditions in order to gain loyalty |
Darius I | Persian king who separated his land into twenty provinces and created a royal road |
Xerses I | son of Darius I |
Peloponnesian War | War between Athens and Sparta |
phalanx | group of soldiers who stand close together in a square |
Phillip II | Macedonian king, killed at his daughter's wedding |
Alexander the Great | son of Phillip II, conquered many nations and spread Greek culture |
Hellenistic | Greek-like |