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Ancient Greece
Term | Definition |
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Peninsula | A body of land with water on three sides |
Crete | A island that lies southwest of the Greek mainland |
Mycenae | Mycenae is an archaeological site in Greece. |
Peloponnesus | The Peloponnese or Peloponnesus is a peninsula and geographic region in southern Greece. |
Agamemnon | In Greek mythology agamemnon was the son of king atreus and queen Aerope of mycenae. |
Colonies | Is a settlement in a new territory that keeps close ties to its homeland |
Polis | A tiny independent country |
Agora | a public open space used for assemblies and markets. |
Tyrant | a cruel and oppressive ruler. |
Oligarchy | a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution. |
Democracy | is further defined as a government by the people. |
Sparta | Sparta or Lacedaemon was a prominent city-state in ancient Greece, |
Athens | Athens has been the center of Greek civilization for some 4,000 years. The capital of modern Greece. |
Helots | a member of a class of serfs in ancient Sparta, intermediate in status between slaves and citizens. |
Solon | Solon was an Athenian statesman, lawmaker, and poet. |
Peisistratus | Peisistratos, Latinized Pisistratus, the son of Hippocrates. |
Cleisthenes | Cleisthenes was a noble Athenian of the Alcmaeonid family. |