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Ancient Greece
vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| crete | greek island southeast of mainland |
| peloponnesus | a peninsula in southern greece |
| peninsula | a body of land with water on three sides |
| colony | a settlement in a new territory that keeps close ties with its homeland |
| polis | a tiny independent country |
| agora | an open area that served as both a market and a meeting place |
| sparta | one of the most powerful city states in ancient greece, focused on military |
| athens | one of the most powerful city states in ancient greece, focused on trade, culture, and democracy |
| tyrant | someone who takes power by force |
| oligarchy | a few people hold power |
| democracy | all citizens share in running the government |
| helot | captive workers, helot meaning capture |
| solon | noble man who canceled all the farmers debts , and freed slaves |
| piesistraus | tyrant that divided large estates among landless farmers and loaned money to the poor and gave them jobs |
| clesthenes | leader who reorganized the assembly and created a new council of 500 citizens to help the assembly |
| persia | huge empire that was thought to be all of the world |
| marathon | first battle against athens ans persia, athens won, athenian runner ran 26 miles to say victory, that created a marathon today |
| thermopylae | second battle against greece and persia, persia won. thermopylae means hot gates |
| salamis | third battle against greece and persia, greeks won because their boats could maneuver better |
| plataeu | last battle against greecs and persia, greeks won and persia fled back to asia minor |
| satrapies | 20 states that divided the persian empire |
| satraps | officials who ruled the 20 states |
| zoroastrinism | persian religion, believes in one god, teaches that people have the right to choose right or wrong |
| darius | king of persia who made the government better |
| xerxes | daruis son and vowed revenge against greece and led three battles |
| philosopher | thinkers who ponder questions about life |
| delos | greek island in the southern agean sea |
| pericles | general who guided athens for more than 30 years and helped dominate the delian league |
| aspasia | athenian woman who was well educated and taught public speaking to many people |
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