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15 Cards in this Set
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Western civilization
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the heritage of ideas that spread to Europe and America and remains a part of your culture
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agora
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Greek marketplace
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epic
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long, heroic poems
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arete
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to strive for excellence, to show courage, and to win fame and honor
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myth
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stories about the Greek's gods
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polis
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a city-state
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citizens
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free adult men
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acropolis
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a fortified hilltop
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aristocracy
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where rule passed into the hands of a small group of noble families
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hoplites
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soldiers that fought on foot
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phalanx
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a square of men each with their spears tilted more and more towards the front of the group
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tyrants
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the men who came to power through tough rebellions
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helots
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peasants forced to stay on the land they worked (these were the Messenia that Sparta took over)
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democracy
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a government in which all citizens took part
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who was Herodotus
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a Greek scholar who wrote about the Persian Wars (his book is called History of the Persian Wars)
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