Ancient Greece Vocab #2 - Places and Things

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Sparta

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A city-state that was a war-like powerhouse of Greece, ruled by an oligarchy

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Athens

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The Greek city state that dominated Greek culture and art and developed a limited form of Democracy

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Parthenon

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A temple on the acropolis in Athens that remains a defining example of Greek architectural achievement

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Macedon

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Ancient kingdom north of mainland classical Greece

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Knossos

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Major city of Minoan civilization on Crete. Capital for King Minos. Currently an archaeological site.

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Agora

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Open area of a Greek city state used as a market, place of political assembly, and worship.

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Crete

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Large island in the Aegean Sea. Home to ancient Minoan civilization (Bronze age Greece)

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Mycenae

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Bronze age Greek civilization (1600-1100 BCE). Was the center of the Greek world at that time. Major archaeological site today

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Peloponnesus

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Peninsula and region in the southern part of mainland Greece. Home to Sparta and Corinth

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Ionia

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Western-most region of Asia Minor. Modern-day Turkey. Home to Greek colonies and cities like Troy