6 BJU Heritage 8.1 Ancient Greece Terms

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a peninsula that forms the southern portion of Greece; site of the Peloponnesian War

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Peloponnesus

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the earliest known civilization of Greece

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Minoan

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An island in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Greece.

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Crete

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an early civilization on mainland Greece

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Mycenaean

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The war between the Mycenaeans & the city of Troy was the ______ War.

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Trojan

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A powerful city-state in ancient Greece, where the world's first democracy developed; capital of present-day Greece.

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Athens

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powerful city-state in ancient Greece along with Athens

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Sparta

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a form of government in which a few people rule

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oligarchy

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a ruler who has absolute authority

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tyrant

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An assembly was a group of Greek ______ who met to make laws.

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citizens