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what is a citizen | a legally recognized subject or national of a state or commonwealth, either native or naturalized. |
what are politics | the activities associated with the governance of a country or other area, especially the debate or conflict among individuals or parties having or hoping to achieve power |
what is slavery | the state of being a slave. |
what is tyranny | cruel and oppressive government or rule |
what is a democracy | control of an organization or group by the majority of its members. |
what is direct democracy | a form of democracy in which people decide on policy initiatives directly. |
what is representative democracy | a type of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy |
what is a helot | a member of a class of serfs in ancient Sparta, intermediate in status between slaves and citizens. |
what is a military state | a state that bases its economic model on the sustainment of its armed forces |
what are barracks | a building or group of buildings used to house soldiers. |
what is the battle of marathon | It was fought between the citizens of Athens, aided by Plataea, and a Persian force commanded by Datis and Artaphernes. |
what is the battle of salamis | a naval battle fought between an alliance of Greek city-states under Themistocles and the Persian Empire under King Xerxes in 480 BC |
what is the Delian league | an association of Greek city-states, with the number of members numbering between 150 and 330 0 |
what is Alexandria | a Mediterranean port city in Egypt. During the Hellenistic period |
what is the peloponnesian league | an alliance in the Peloponnesus from the 6th to the 4th centuries BC, dominated by Sparta |
what is Hellenistic | elating to Greek history, language, and culture from the death of Alexander the Great to the defeat of Cleopatra and Mark Antony by Octavian in 31 BC |
what is polytheism | the belief in or worship of more than one god. |
what is mythology | a collection of myths, especially one belonging to a particular religious or cultural tradition |
what are the Olympic games | The modern Olympic Games or Olympics are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions |
what is the Socratic method | a form of cooperative argumentative dialogue between individuals, |
what is a hypothesis | a proposition made as a basis for reasoning, without any assumption of its truth. |
what is the Hippocratic oath | an oath stating the obligations and proper conduct of doctors, formerly taken by those beginning medical practice. Parts of the oath are still used in most medical schools. |