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Monarchy
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form of government with 1 supreme ruler
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Oligarchy
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form of government where a few people are leaders
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democracy
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form of goverment rule by the people
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aristocracy
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dominant social group distinguished by birth rather than wealth
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tyranny/tyrant
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gow. with a tyrant or absolute ruler
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Balkans
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region near asia minor in mesopotamia
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Arcon
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Official elected yearly at Athens who gave his name to the year
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Mediterranean
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large inland sea, related to areas around/near the mediterranean sea.
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Corinth
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state at isthmus of corinth which was a man trading center
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olympia
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religous center in western peloponnesus
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Sparta
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State in South-central peloponnesus. famous for its way of life
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Hellas
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Greek for Greece
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Piraeus
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Port of Athens
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Aegean Sea
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Branch of Mediterranean Sea on which Greek culture was based
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Aphrodite
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goddess of Love
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Stoa
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colonnade open on one side to the agora, often with shops at the back.
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Apollo
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god of wisdom and music, worshipped especially at Delphi and Delos
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Draco/Draconian
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late 7th century Athenian noted for his harsh code of laws
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Slaves
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bound to servitude by another human being
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barbaroi
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non-greek
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ostracism
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constitutional device at Athens by which non popular leaders would be sent into exile for 10 years
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divination
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practice of attempting to fortell future events by supernatural means.
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Athens
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state in east-central greece, dominant in Aegean 5th Century
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Pedagogue
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teacher/leader
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acropolis
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fortified hill in athens on which the partenon was erected
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isthmus
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narrow stip of land, bordered on both sides by water connectied 2 bodies of land
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Macedonia
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kingdom north of ancient greece
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Delphic Oracle
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oracle of Apollo at Delphi noted for giving ambiguous answers
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demagogue
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a leader who ganis power through emotions, passions, and predudices of the people
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exposure
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exposing, unmasking, shower, revealing
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parthenon
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temple to Athena on the acropolis built 447-438
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Mount Olympus
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mountain in Thesaly. legendary home of gods
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Ares
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god of war
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Athena
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goddess of wisdom and arts, patroness of Athens
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Zues
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god of the sky, chief of Olympian gods
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Artisans
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skilled in an area of craft of handy-work
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nomads
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group of ppl with no home and move around according to the seasons from place to place in search of food, water, or grazing land
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olympic games
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greatest of the games/festivities of ancient greece. Every 4 years in the plain of Olympia in Elis, in honor of Zeus
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economic surplus
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extra for trading/selling
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polis
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greek term for independent state which had a single political center
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religous pollutions/unclean
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immoral, evil, vile, unclean thoughts, ceremonial, impure, sinful
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Dionysus
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god who gave emotional release through wine and revels
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crete
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island on south side of aegean sea
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antrhopomorphism
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attribution of human motivation, characteristics, or behavior to inatimate objects, animals, or phenomena
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galleys
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large, generally single decked ship, propelled by oars/sails, and used as a merchant ship or warship in Mediterranean
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Homer
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a name attributed to illiad and odyssey, the first great words in greek literature which probablyassumed their final form in the 8th century
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agora
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assembly place for citizens of a greek polic, as at athens.
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