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Chapter 7 VOCABULARY
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03/04/2013

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Athens
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A city-state in ancient Greece; the capital of modern-day Greece.
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agora
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A public market and meeting place in an ancient Greece city; the agora spelled with a capital a, refers to the Agora of Athens.
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vendor
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A seller of goods.
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slavery
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Condition of being owned by,  or forced to work for someone else.
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Sparta
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A city-state in ancient Greece
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helots
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Ancient Sparta, the term for slaves who were owned by the state.
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Peloponnesian War
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A war between Athens and Sparta in ancient Greece; almost every other Greek city-state was involved in the war.
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Plague
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A wide-spread diease.
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blockade
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An action taken to isolate the enemy and cut off its supplies.
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assassinate
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To murder for political reasons.
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Alexander the Great
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King of Macedonia; conquered Persia and Egypt and invaded India.
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Hellenistic
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Describing Greek history or culture after the death of Alexander the Great, including the three main kingdoms formed by the breakup of Alexander's kingdom.
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