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1 Classical Greece Vocab

2 City-state: A city that functions much like an independent country
Tyrant: powerful individuals who gained control of a city-state’s government by appealing to the poor for support Trireme: strong wooden ships built with battering ram in front

3 Myth: a traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the natural world or the customs and beliefs of a society Iliad: Poem written by Homer telling the tale of how the Greeks and Trojans battled for 10 years after Paris stole Helen away from Menalaus Odyssey: Poem written by Homer telling the story of Odysseus’s return from the Trojan Wars to his home in Ithaca

4 Royal Road: a road in the Persian Empire, stretching 1,600 miles from Susa in Persia to Sardis in Antatolia

5 Phalanx: a military formation where soldiers fought shoulder to shoulder and shield to shield for protection Thermopylae: Mountain pass where 300 Spartan soldiers held off thousands of Persian soldiers during the Persian Wars. Also called The Hot Gates. Marathon: marshy plain where the Athenians successfully defeated an invading Persian force during the Persian Wars. Also origin of Marathon run due to messenger Pheidippides. Hoplite: Name of the soldiers used in the battle of Marathon

6 Acropolis: fortified hilltop
Monarchy: a government ruled by a king or queen Oligarchy: a government in which power is in the hands of a few people – especially one in which rule is based on wealth Democracy: a government controlled by its citizens Aristocracy: a government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility

7 Philosopher: a thinker who uses logic and reason to investigate the nature of the universe, human society, and morality; also known as lover of wisdom 

8 Hellenism: blending of Greek, Macedonian, Persian, Egyptian, and Indian cultures due to Alexander’s conquests Colossus of Rhodes: an enormous bronze, Hellenistic statue that formerly stood near the harbor of Rhodes. At 100 ft tall it was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

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