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| 2 earlist cultural groups to develop in greece |
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| City where democracy was born |
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| motive to establish colonies |
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| Greece wanted to become rich from trade, colonies had to send resources to Greece |
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| Greek myths have influenced many english words and expressions |
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| Homers epic poem, story of the trojan War and the hero Achilles |
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| Known as the Father of democracy, became leader of Athens in 500 B.C. |
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| One of the mos famous greek heros fought and defeated the hydra |
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| created by the ancient Greeks they influenced the way we speak and write today |
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| democracy in Athens came to an end when they conquered Greece in 330's B.C |
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| encouraged the people of Athens to participate in government in 460 B.C. |
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| free greek men who had the right to partcicpate in government |
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| greek polish (city, state) built around this, usually built on top of a high hill. |
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| he created a set of very harsh laws for Athens led the government in 600 B.C |
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| land form that mainland Greece is located on a peninsula, land surrouned by water on 3 sides |
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| main characters of greek stories usually had special abilites and faced terriable monsters |
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| meeting that was an opportunity for all citizens in Anthens to debate and vote on laws |
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| most famous lyric peot poems about love and relationships |
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| poem that is set to music |
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| provided trade routes for the greeks |
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| term that describes the government of the United States citizens elect officials to represent them in goverment |
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| term that means "goverment by few" only a few people have the power |
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| term that means "rule of the people" type of government where the pople rule themselfs |
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| to explain natural events histrical events |
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| usually the main characters of greek fables act like humans |
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