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| a piece of land nearly surrounded by water | peninsula
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| to control or influence something or someone | dominate
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| someone who writes or performs epic poems or stores about heros and their deeds | bard
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| a group of people living in a new territory who have ties to the new territory itself | colonie
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| a greek city-state | polis
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| a gathering place; marketplace in ancient Greece | agora
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| an absolute ruler unrestrained by law | tyrant
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| a government in which a small group has control | oligarchy
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| a government by the people | democracy
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| enslaved people in ancient Sparta | helots
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| a high-ranked government official in Sparta who was elected by the council of elders | ephor
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| the territory governed by an official known as a satrap | satrapy
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| the governor of a province in ancient Persia | satrap
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| a Persian religion based on the belief of one god | zoroastrianism
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| a strait or narrow sea between two landmasses | channel
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| to break down; to lose effectiveness | collapse
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| a traditional story that explains the practices or beliefs of a people, or something in the natural world | myth
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| words or actions that are part of a religious ceremony | ritual
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| a sacred shrine where a priest or priestess spoke for a god or goddess | oracle
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| a story meant to teach a lesson | fable
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| the custom of passing along by speech | oral tradition
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| a story written in the form of a play | drama
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| a play or film in which characters fail to overcome a serious problem | tragedy
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| a play or film that tells a humerous story | comedy
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| a fight or disagreement | conflict
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| a distinctive form or type of something | style
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| Greek teachers of philosophy | sophists
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| the art of public speaking and debate | rhetoric
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| philosophical method of questioning to gain truth | Socratic method
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| a set of promises about patient care that new doctors make when they start practicing medicine | hippocratic
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| to make information public; to tell a secret | reveal
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| to observe a story by examining closely and questioning systematically | investigate
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| part of an army in which the soldiers ride horses | cavalry
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| the time period following the death of Alexander during which Greek culture spread through the known world | Hellenistic Era
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| to create choice or free will; willingly | voluntarily
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| to follow in order to capture or debate | pursue
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| the Philosophy of Epicurus, stating the the purpose of life is the like for happiness and peace | Epicureanism
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| the philosophy of the Stoics who believed that people should not try to feel joy or sadness | Stoicism
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| the outer border of a circle; measurement of that border | circumference
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| a branch of mathematics centered around measurement and relationships of points, line, angels, and surfaces | plane geometry
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| a branch of mathematics about measurement and relationships of points, lines, angels, surfaces and solids in three-dimensional space | solid geometry
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