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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what does polis mean | the greek word for a city-state |
| acropolis | a high hill upon which a greek foress was buuilt |
| classical age | an age marked by great Greek achievments |
| mythology | stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the word works |
| persain war | a series of wars between persia and greece in the 400s B.C. |
| trojan war | the ten years war against troy by the Greeks, caused by the abduction of helen by pairs and resulting in the burning |
| Hellenistic | Greek like heavily influened by grrek ideas. |
| Colonization | the act or process of establishing a colony or colenies. |
| philpsophy | a set of ideas or beliefs relating to a particular fied or activity an underlying theory |