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10 Cards in this Set
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Polis |
City-State consisting of a town and the farms and villages around it. |
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Acropolis |
Walled fortress where settlement's ruler lives. |
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Assembly |
A law making group. |
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Democracy |
A system of government in which the people rule. |
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Oligarchy |
A system of government in which only o few people rule.
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Phalanx
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A battle formation where soldiers formed rows, closely pressed together. |
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Homer
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Wrote about a great war in the Iliad.
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Philosophers |
People who studied the meaning and knowledge of life ad the unknown. |
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Agora |
An open air marketplace.
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Epic |
Story of a hero told in poetic form.
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