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peninsula
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a piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water. |
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mediterranean sea
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a sea surrounded by Africa, Europe, and Asia. 2400 miles (3865 km) long |
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loess |
a loosely compacted yellowish-gray deposit of windblown sediment of which extensive deposits occur |
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Taiga |
the sometimes swampy coniferous forest of high northern latitudes, especially that between the tundra and steppes of Siberia and North America. |
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Minoans |
an inhabitant of Minoan Crete or member of the Minoan people. |
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Mycenaeans |
an inhabitant of Mycenae or member of the Mycenaean people.Translate mycenaeans toUse over time for |
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City-States |
a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state. |
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cultural hearth |
any place where certain related changes in land-use appeared due to human domestication of plants and animals. |
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Aristarchus |
a government or state ruled by an aristocracy, elite, or privileged upper class. |
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Herodontus |
was a writer who invented the field of study known today as `history |
