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Ancient Greece
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| King Minos | The Minoan civilization was named after him. |
| Mycenae | The greatest of the early Greek city-states. |
| plunder | Valuables seized in wartime. |
| Trojan War | War fought between the Greeks and the people of Troy, gods and goddesses helped heroes on both sides of the battle. |
| Troy | A city on the western coast of Asia Minor. |
| myths | Traditional stories that may include gods and goddesses and often try to explain events in nature. |
| Homer | A blind poet who penned the poems the Iliad and the Odyssey. |
| oral tradition | Myths and legends passed down by word of mouth, from person to person. |
| Mount Olympus | Where Greeks believed most gods lived. |
| immortal | The gods of Mount Olympus were able to live forever, also believed to have special powers. |
| Olympic Games | In order to honor their gods and goddesses, Greeks held these athletic contests in the city of Olympus. |
| aristocracy | A form of government ruled by members of wealthy, privileged families. |
| democracy | A new form of government ruled by the people. |
| Athens | A city-state that was a great example of Greek democracy. |
| assembly | A group of citizens aged 18 or older who governed Athens. |
| Pericles | One of the greatest leaders in Athens. |
| helots | What slaves were called in Sparta. |
| Marathon | A plain northeast of Athens where the Persian army attacked the Greek mainland. |
| Golden Age | During this time the people of Athens built new temples, created statues and monuments of breathtaking beauty. |
| philosophers | People who study truth and knowledge. |
| reason | Logical thinking. |
| Delian League | The alliance of Athens leaders formed to work together. |
| Peloponnesian War | The war that broke out between Athens and Sparta was called this. |
| plague | A fast-spreading, often deadly disease. |
| mercenaries | Young Greek men who were hired soldiers. |
| Thebes | Where the Spartan army was defeated in a battle against the Greeks. |
| Macedonia | A rising power to the north who became a threat to its Greek neighbors to the south. |
| Alexander | King of Macedonia who, along with his army, and invaded the Persian Empire. |
| Hellenistic Age | A civilization that developed from the blend of Greek and Asian cultures. |
| Alexandria | Founded by Alexander, it became the greatest center of trade and learning. |
| Pythagoras | Created important theories about numbers and music. He also started a school that led to the field of geometry. |
| Euclid | Most important mathematician of the period who worked out the system of plane geometry students study today. |
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