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Ancient greece
Ancient greece vocad
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Social Studies
7th Grade
10/03/2013

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archaeology
or
archiologist
Definition
the study of or a person who studies the ancient world
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artifact
Definition
a hand made object that represence the time period of the ancient civilization
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minoans
Definition
a preGreek ancient civilization that existed on the island of Crete
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crete
Definition
an island south of mainland Greece where the Minoans lived
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sir Arturo evans
Definition
a British archaeologist who discovered the Minoan civilization
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troy
Definition
an ancient Greek city that was discovered by Heinrich Schliemann and was featured in the iliand
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Heinrich Schliemann
Definition
a British archaeologist who uncover troy and miceeny
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homer
Definition
a Greek bard who traveled around the Greece who made the Iliad and the odessy
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iliad and odessy
Definition
two stories created by the bard homer the mane character is odessius
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persia
Definition
The greatest empire in the
world at the time of the
Persian Wars.
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Xerxes
Definition
The Emperor of Persia, and
son of Darius
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Leonidas
Definition
The King of Sparta
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Themistocles
Definition
A Greek commoner who comes to power in the citizen assembly. He suggests how Athens should fight the
Persians
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hellespont
Definition
a narrow strip af water that separates persia from Greece
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city-state
Definition
a city in ancient Greece that was arched to no other government
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democracy
Definition
people rule
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oligarchy
Definition
rule of the few
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tyranny
Definition
1 person rule
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anarchy
Definition
absence of rule
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athens
Definition
A Greek city-state known for
its art, culture and democracy
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battle of marathon
Definition
the initial battle between persia and athens
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Sparta
Definition
A Greek city-state that
trained individual warriors
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salamis
Definition
A small island in the
Bay of Athens
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thermopile
Definition
the place where the spartan 300 fought off the persian empire
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