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A FORTIFIED HILL located at the CENTER OF A GREEK CITY-STATE.
Acropolis (a-crop-o-lis)
An ancient Greek outdoor MARKETPLACE and government center.
agora (a gor a)
(356-323 BC) KING of MACEDON; conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia; FOUNDER of ALEXANDRIA.
Alexander the Great
Government ruled by a SMALL GROUP of NOBLES.
aristocracy (ar-is-toc-ra-see)
Greek philosopher; student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great; CLASSIFIED PLANTS AND ANIMALS; developed the HYPOTHESIS and SYLLOGISM.
Aristotle (Ar-is-tot-le)
A peninsula southeast of Europe; SURROUNDED by the Black Sea, the Sea of Marmara, and the AEGEAN, MEDITERRANEAN, Ionian, and Adriatic seas.
Balkan Peninsula
An ECONOMY BASED ON the TRADE of goods or services without the exchange of money.
barter economy
A battle in 490 BC during the PERSIAN WAR in which the ATHENIANS and their allies DEFEATED the Persians.
Battle of Marathon
A battle in 480 BC during the PERSIAN War in which the Spartans and the GREEK NAVY DEFEATED a fleet of Persian ships.
Battle of Salamis
Free, adult MALES who were born in Greece and were allowed to participate in GOVERNMENT.
citizens
When a nation sends people to SETTLE A NEW LAND which will be under the control of that nation.
colonization (col on is a shun)
An ISLAND of Southeast Greece in the Mediterranean Sea. The MINOAN civilization settled here and set up their capital at Knosses.
Crete
Time period in Greek history beginning around 1100 BC when overseas trade stopped, poverty increased, and people LOST SKILLS such as writing and craft making.
Dark Ages
An ALLIANCE of Greek city-states LED BY ATHENS to PROTECT them AGAINST THE PERSIONS.
Delian League (del ee an leeg)
GOVERNMENT by the PEOPLE, exercised either directly or through elected REPRESENTATIVES.
democracy (de-moc-ra-see)
A Greek aristocrat who worked to reform government by creating written LAWS with STRICT punishments.
Draco (Dra-co)
Time period between 461BC and 429 BC when GREEK CULTURE reached its PEAK through achievements in the arts and sciences.
Golden Age
During the time of Alexander the Great, GREEK language and culture MIXED with elements of MIDDLE EAST culture.
Hellenistic culture (Hel-le-nis-tic)
A Greek epic POET. He wrote two of the greatest works in Western literature, the ILIAD and the ODYSSEY.
Homer
A type of government RULED BY ONE PERSON inheriting power by family succession (KING or QUEEN).
monarchy (mon-ar-kee)
A collection of myths/STORIES that belonged to a group of people that EXPLAINED origin, history, deities, ancestors, and heroes.
mythology (mith all o gee)
The chief TEMPLE of the goddess ATHENA built on the Athenian acropolis between 447 and 432 B.C.
Parthenon (Par-the-non)
Athenian leader noted for advancing DEMOCRACY in Athens and for ordering the construction of the PARTHENON.
Pericles (Pair-i-clees)
King of Macedon (359-336 BC) who gained control of Greece and believed it was his destiny to UNIFY the GREEK CITY-STATES and spread Greek culture. He died before conquering Persia and left his throne to his SON, ALEXANDER THE GREAT
Philip II
An Athenian aristocrat and student of Socrates who wrote THE REPUBLIC, the first book ever written about the study of government.
Plato (play to)
A CITY-STATE of ancient Greece.
polis (po-lis)
The worship of or belief in MORE THAN ONE GOD.
polytheism (pall ee thee ism)
He lived from 469-399 BC and developed a form of questioning in which one arrives at the truth through a step-by-step QUESTIONING PROCESS called THE SOCRATIC METHOD.
Socrates (sock rah tees)
A Greek reformer who prepared a CONSTITUTION, or set of principles, that GAVE LANDOWNERS THE RIGHT TO VOTE in the Assembly.
Solon (so-lon)
The ten-year war waged against TROY by the GREEKS, caused by the abduction of HELEN by Paris and resulting in the burning and DESTRUCTION OF TROY
Trojan War
A government in which a SINGLE RULER gains ABSOLUTE POWER.
tyranny (tear-a ny)
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