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aristocrat
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a member of a rich and pwerful family
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rich,powerful
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tyrant
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a ruler who takes power by force
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ruler,power by force
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democracy
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a form of government in which citizens govern themselves
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citizens,govern
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tribute
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regular payment made to a powerful state or nation by a weaker one
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regular payment
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oracle
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in ancient Greece, a scared site where a god or goddess was consulted;any priest or priestess who spoke for the gods
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god or goddess consulted
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philosopher
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someone who uses reason to understand the world; in Greece the earliest philosophers used reason to explain natural events
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understand,world
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tragedy
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a typs of serious drama that usually ends in diaster for the main character
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serious drama,diaster
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Athens
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a city-state in ancient Greece; the capital of modern-day Greece
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modern-day
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agora
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a public market and meeting place in an ancient Greek city; the Agora, spelled with a capital A, refers to the agora of Athens
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publc,meeting place
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vendor
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a seller of goods
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seller,goods
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slavery
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condition of being owned by, and forced to work for,someone else
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owned,work,someone else
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Sparta
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a city-state in ancient Greece
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city-state
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helots
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a member of a certain class of servants in ancient Sparta
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member,certain class,servants
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Peloponnesian War
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war fought between Athens and Sparta in ancient Greece (431-404 B.C.)
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Athens,Sparta
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plague
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a widespread disease
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widespread,disease
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blockadde
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an action taken to isolate the enemy and cut off its supplies
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isolate,enemy,cut off supplies
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barbarian
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a wild uncivilized person
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wild,uncivilized
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assassinate
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to murder for political reasons
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muder,political
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Alexander the Great
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a king of Macedonia (336-323 B.C); conquered Persia and Egypt and invaded India
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Persia,Egypt,India
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Hellenistic
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describing Greek history or culture after the death of Alexander the Great, including the three main kingdoms formed by the breakup of Alexander's empire
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greek,history,culture
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