vocab
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| City-State | A city that functions much like an independent country.
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| Tyrant | Powerful individuals who gained control of a city-states government by appealing to the poor for support.
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| Trireme | Strong wooden ships built with battering ram in front.
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| Myth | A traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the natural world or the customs and beliefs of a society.
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| Lliad | Poem written by Homer telling the tale of how the Greeks and Trojans battled for 10 years after Paris stole Helen away from Menalaus.
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| Odyssey | Poem written by Homer telling the story of Odysseus' return from the Trojan Wars to his home in Ithaca.
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| Royal Road | A road in the Persian Empire stretching 1,600 miles from Susa in Persia to Sardis in Anatolia,it was 1677 miles in length
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| Phalanx | A military formation where soldiers fought shoulder to shoulder and shield to shield for protection.
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| Thermopylae | Mountain pass where 300 Spartan soldiers held off thousands of Persian soldiers during the Persian Wars. Also called The Hot Gates.
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| marathon | Marshy plain where the Athenians successfully defeated an invading Persian force during the Persian Wars. Also origin of Marathon run due to messenger Pheidippides.
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| Hoplite | Name of the soldiers used in the battle of Marathon.
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| Acropolis | Fortified hilltop.
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| Monarchy | A government ruled by a king or queen.
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| democracy | A government controlled by its citizens.
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| oligarchy | A government in which power is in the hands of a few people – especially one in which rule is based on wealth.
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| aristocracy | A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility.
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| philosopher | A thinker who uses logic and reason to investigate the nature of the universe, human society, and morality; also known as lover of wisdom.
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| hellenism | Blending of Greek, Macedonian, Persian, Egyptian, and Indian cultures due to Alexander’s conquests.
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| colossus of Rhodes | An enormous bronze, Hellenistic statue that formerly stood near the harbor of Rhodes. At 100 ft tall it was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
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