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| an area of land almost completely surrounded by water and connected to the mainland by a narrow strip of land |
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| the fortified, or strengthened, hill of an ancient Greek city |
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| member of a rich and powerful family |
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| a ruler who takes power by force |
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| a form of government in which citizens govern themselves |
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| a sacred site where a god or goddess was consulted; any priest or priestess who spoke for the gods |
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| someone who uses reason to understand the world; in ancient Greece, they used reason to understand natural events |
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| a type of serious drama that usually ends in disaster for the main character |
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| a city-state in ancient Greece; the capital of modern-day Greece |
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| a public market and meeting place in an ancient Greek city |
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| condition of being owned by, and forced to work for, someone else |
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| a member of a certain class of servants in ancient Sparta |
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| a war fought between Athens and Sparta in ancient Greece, involving almost every other Greek city-state |
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| an action taken to isolate an enemy and cut off its supplies |
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| a wild and uncivilized person |
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| to murder for political reasons |
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| king of Macedonia from 336 to 323 BCE; conqueror of Persia and Egypt and invader of India |
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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 empire |
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