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Greece
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an important civilization in the classical era; currently a modern country in Europe on the Mediterranean Sea.
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Athens
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a capital city of modern Greece
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Alexander the Great
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king of Macedonia
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Rome
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the capital of modern Italy; one of the world’s greatest ancient empires
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Jesus
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the base guy of Christian religion
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Palestine
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a historical region at the east end of the Mediterranean Sea, now divided between Israel and Jordan.
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policy
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methods and plans governments use to do their work
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empire
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a large collection of people and lands ruled by a single governor
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Pax Romana
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Roman peace; a 200-year period of peace that began when Augustus took power.
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feudalism
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a kind of society in which people worked and sometimes fought for a local lord in return for protection and the use of land.
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Middle Ages
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the period in European history between ancient and modern times
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serf
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a person who lived on and farmed a lord’s land in feudal times;
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