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sea mountain
greece geography
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this is when a settlement of people are tied to the mother country by trade and government(we were colonies of england)
colonies
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city-state-cities that make up a state
polis
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high area of the city, fortress
acropolis
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this is where the twelve greek gods/goddesses live
mount olympus
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he is the chief god of the greeks, god of all gods
zeus
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son of zeus who was known for all his godlike strength
hercules
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it is here where the preists and priestesses fosee the future, visions of the future
delphi
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this is a sea training civilization that ended when a volcanic explosion blew apart the island affecting world weather patterns
minoan civilization
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a great civilization that ended with drought and famine with drought and famine with outside invasion
mycenaean civilization
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when very few records of what happened exist
dark ages
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a series of winding passage, maze used as meditation or healing
labyrinth
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their education is military training
sparta
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foot soldiers at age 20
hoplites
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a military formation of rows of soldiers with overlapping shields and spears
phalanx
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the birth place of democracy
athens
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rule by the people
democracy
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this is when your name is taken out of a hat
chosen by lot
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you were called this is you didn't take an active role in the goernment
useless
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he was the king of kings who asked for a curse upon athens
darius
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it is a mile wide strait of water that serarates europe for asia minor
hellensport
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his name means "shining horse" said rejoice! we are victorious and he died. to honor him we run the marathon
philippides
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he was the son who inherited the curse, he attached greece with 1.7 million soldier, half to delphi, half attacked athens; all army and navy were killed
xerxes
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they are the royal body guards of the king (the elites)
the immortals
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this is the invisible god to witness the revenge on athens
chariot of the sun
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this is a religious site that hold god to honor the gods
delphi oracle
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it was here that 300 spartans almost beat 850,000 persian soldiers
battle of thermoylae
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this navy battle is when the greeks defeated the army navy of xerxes, thus ending the persian threat
battle of salamis
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it is an agreement to aid one another in the event of a war band together
the delian league
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this is when athens fought sparta and both were defeated ending the greek power
peloponneasian war
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the love of wisdom and knowledge
philosophy
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he was a greek philosopher who said "an examined life is not worth living" periodically evaluate your life
Socrates
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his motto was know thyself
Socrates
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was allowed to commit suicide with cup of death
Socrates
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he was a greek philosopher who taught man must use logic and reason
Aristotle
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he was a greek philosopher who was the teacher of Alexander the Great
Aristotle
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he was a greek philosopher who wanted only the wisest and the best should rule as a philosopher/king
Plato
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he was the blind greek poes who wrote the illiad and the odyssey
homer
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a book of military knowledge that tells the story of the last year of the trojan war
illiad
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the return of odysseus from the trojan war to home; tells the story of heroes of the trojan war
odyssey
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this is a 10 year battle fought between sparta and troy over the return/kidnapping of helen of troy
trojan war
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the trojan war was fought over her; her face would launch a thousand ships
helen of troy
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as a young boy he was dipped in sacred water making him invincible except for the heel
Achilles
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this is a huge hollow object/gift hiding soldiers inside; after it was pulled into the city, soldiers got out and killed everybody and burned the city
trojan horse
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won achilles sacred suit of armor
odysseus
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