Ancient Greece Vocabulary

peninsula

• A city-state in ancient Greece.
• Piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.
• Government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility.
• A government ruled by a king or queen

polis

• A city-state in ancient Greece.
• Piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.
• Government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility.
• A government ruled by a king or queen

monarchy

• A city-state in ancient Greece.
• Piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.
• Government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility.
• A government ruled by a king or queen

aristocracy

• A city-state in ancient Greece.
• Piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.
• Government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility.
• A government ruled by a king or queen

Golden Age of Pericles

• Period after the Persian Wars during which Greece enjoyed peace and prosperity under the leadership of Pericles; the Parthenon was made during this time, philosophy and the arts flourished.
• Form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
• the spread of Greek culture that had begun after the conquest of Alexander the Great in the fourth century, B.C.E.
• System of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.

tyranny

• Period after the Persian Wars during which Greece enjoyed peace and prosperity under the leadership of Pericles; the Parthenon was made during this time, philosophy and the arts flourished.
• Form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
• the spread of Greek culture that had begun after the conquest of Alexander the Great in the fourth century, B.C.E.
• System of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.

democracy

• Period after the Persian Wars during which Greece enjoyed peace and prosperity under the leadership of Pericles; the Parthenon was made during this time, philosophy and the arts flourished.
• Form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
• the spread of Greek culture that had begun after the conquest of Alexander the Great in the fourth century, B.C.E.
• System of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.

Hellenistic Culture

• Period after the Persian Wars during which Greece enjoyed peace and prosperity under the leadership of Pericles; the Parthenon was made during this time, philosophy and the arts flourished.
• Form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
• the spread of Greek culture that had begun after the conquest of Alexander the Great in the fourth century, B.C.E.
• System of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.

oligarchy

• Series of conflicts between the Empire of Persia and Greek city-states (499-449 BCE).
• Government ruled by a few powerful people.
• Conquered most of Greece following the Peloponnesian Wars.
• War between Athens and Sparta that in which Sparta won, but left Greece as a whole weak and ready to fall to its neighbors to the north (431-404 BCE).

Persian Wars

• Series of conflicts between the Empire of Persia and Greek city-states (499-449 BCE).
• Government ruled by a few powerful people.
• Conquered most of Greece following the Peloponnesian Wars.
• War between Athens and Sparta that in which Sparta won, but left Greece as a whole weak and ready to fall to its neighbors to the north (431-404 BCE).