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ancient greece

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polis a greek word for citystate
acropolis a high hill upon which a greece fortress was built
classical age an age marked by great greece achivements
mythology stories about gods and heros that tries to explain how the world works
persoponnesian war a war between pothens and sparta in the 499s b.c.
trojan war the ten year war waved against troy by the greece
hellenistic greek like heavily influenced by greek ideas
colonization the act or process of establishing a colony or colonizing
philosophy a set of ideas or beliefs
parthenon the parthenon was built for athena she the goddess of wisdom and strategy
tenant farmers people who paid rent,either in money or crops,to grow crops on another person's land. tenant farmers in ancient greece were called thetes.
democracy a form of government of which people elect a person to control the country
citizenship an idea first promoted in Athens.Members in a community are given both rights and responsibility
direct democracy style of democracy that works well for small populations. each vote counts
representative democrtacy citizens elect others to represent them in government
barracks military housing
the pyrrhic dance artist lawrence alma tadema painting recorded the famous wat dance
hoplite greek soldier was the foot soldier called hoplites carried large shield and spears
hoplon name of the shield that the hoplite soldier held
phalanx was a rectangular mass military formation used by the ancient greece
doru also referred to as a dory , chief spear used by the hoplites 7-9 feet long
corinthian helmet took it's name from the citystate of corinth. it was made of bronze which in its later styles covered the entire head and neck, with slits for eyes and mouth.
agora a public open space used for marketing
aristocracy ruled by the "best" or a very wealthy family
tyranny cruel and oppressive government to rule.
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