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12/04/2015

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Greece
Definition
a country in southeastern Europe; pop. 10,737,400 (est. 2009); official language, Greek; capital, Athens.
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Greek
Definition
a native or inhabitant of modern Greece, or a person of Greek descent
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Government
Definition
the governing body of a nation, state, or community:
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Monarchy
Definition
a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch - One person that has power.
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Oligarchy
Definition
a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution:
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Tyranny
Definition
cruel and oppressive government or rule
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Democracy
Definition
a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives:
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Legacy
Definition
an amount of money or property left to someone in a will.
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Sparta
Definition
a city in the southern Peloponnese in Greece, capital of the department of Laconia; pop. 14,400 (est. 2009).
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Athens
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A flourishing city state in ancient Greece, it was an important cultural center in the 5th century bc.
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Peloponnesian War
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the war of 431–404 bc fought between Athens and Sparta with their respective allies, occasioned largely by Spartan opposition to the Delian League.
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Mainland
Definition
the principal land of a country, region, etc
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Peninsula
Definition
a piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water.
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Peloponnesus
Definition
the mountainous southern peninsula of Greece, connected to central Greece by the Isthmus of Corinth.
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Mediterranean Sea
Definition
of or characteristic of the Mediterranean Sea, the countries bordering it, or their inhabitants - North of Africa.
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City-State
Definition
a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state with its own law and government.
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Polis
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a city state in ancient Greece, especially as considered in its ideal form for philosophical purposes.
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Aristocrat
Definition
someone from the ruling class, usually those with nobility, money, or both.
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Oligarch
Definition
a ruler in an oligarchy.
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Tyrant
Definition
a cruel and oppressive ruler
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Monarch
Definition
a sovereign head of state, especially a king, queen, or emperor.
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Citizen
Definition
a legally recognized subject or national of a state or commonwealth, either native or naturalized:
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Assembly
Definition
a group of people gathered together in one place for a common purpose:
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Overthrow
Definition
remove forcibly from power.
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Alexander the Great
Definition
the ruler of a vast emprie that extended from Macedonia to India in the 300's B.C.E.
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