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Ancient greece
Topic 5 vocabulary words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Polis | A Greek city-state |
| Peninsula | A piece of land nearly surrounded by water |
| Conclude | To make a judgment based on logic or evidence |
| Agora | A gathering place; marketplace in ancient Greece |
| Subsequent | following, or comes later |
| Eiren | A Spartan group leader |
| Toiling | working hard |
| Constitution | structure of a government |
| Strife | conflict disagreement |
| Zoroastrianism | a Persian religion based on the belief in one God |
| Satrapy | the territory governed by an official known as a satrap |
| Cavalry | part of an army in which the soldiers ride the horses |
| Strait | a narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water |
| Philosopher | a person who searches for wisdom or enlightenment |
| Emphasize | to stress |
| Pursue | to follow in order to capture or defeat |
| Elite | a select group of people at the top of society |
| Stoicism | the philosophy of the Stoics who believe that people should not try to feel joy or sadness. |
| Tyrant | a person who seizes power and rules with total authority |
| Helot | an enslaved person in ancient Sparta |