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16 Cards in this Set
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hellenistic
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having to do with greek culture based on the ideas of greek philosiphers
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republic
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a nation in which power lay with the citizens
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consul
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elected by the senators to head the entire gov. and be responsible for its army
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patrician
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claimed they could trace their roots back to the founding of Rome
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plebians
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ordinary working citizens
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serf
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during the middle ages, a farmer whose land labor, and family were owned by the lord
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patron
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a wealthy person
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Renaissance
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a period of rebirth in art and literature and was intersest in the cultures of Greece and Rome
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plague
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a diesase that strikes over a large area of land
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crusade
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a religious war launched by european christinans
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Reformation
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the ideas of ways to change the Catholic church
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democracy
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a gov. ruled by the citizens and they play an active role in doing so
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artistocracy
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a gov. controlled by the noblility
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peninsula
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most of the land that is surrounded by 3 sides of water
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polis
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a city-state in ancient times goverened by the small groups of powerful land owner
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colony
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foreign settlements in distant lands rulled originally form Rome
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