Ancient Greece

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  1. 3. A large open area at the base of an acropolis that was both a meeting place and the centre of business and government for a Greek city-state.
  2. 4. The ancient Greek god of the Underworld; also the name of the Underworld itself - the place that the souls of people went when they died.
  3. 9. A place that the people of some ancient cultures (e.g. ancient Greeks) believed their souls went when they died.
  4. 10. Someone who through birth (or by meeting certain conditions) is a recognised legal member of a community.
  5. 12. A dangerous fighting event held as part of the ancient Olympic Games with virtually no rules.
  6. 14. A raised and fortified area (often on a rocky hill) within a Greek city-state on which public structures such as temples were built.
  7. 15. An outpost set up by a country, kingdom or empire, often for reasons of trade or defence.
  8. 18. A society with large-scale urban settlements, defined systems of government, social organisation, religion and technologies.
  9. 19. A prejudicial attitude for or against something.
  10. 20. A political system in which people hold the power, either directly or through representative democracy.
  11. 22. A period of time marked by distinctive characteristics, events or circumstances (e.g, the Roman era, the Victorian era).
  12. 23. A tight battle formation used by ancient Greeks in which soldiers would pack together with their shields overlapping.
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  1. 1. Period A block of time in history.
  2. 2. Ram A long pole )often a tree trunk) with a carved ram's head at one end used to knock through enemy fortress doors.
  3. 5. Any object that is made or changes by humans (e.g. a primitive tool, remains of a building).
  4. 6. An event of the ancient Olympic Games comprising five events: wrestling, javelin tossing, discus throwing, jumping and running.
  5. 7. Source A source that existed or was made at the time in the past being studied.
  6. 8. A god or goodness.
  7. 11. Dating A method used to estimate the age of something that was one alive; the amount of radioactive carbon that remains in the object is tested and gives a good indication of age.
  8. 13. A Greek warrior.
  9. 16. A person who (through wealth or birth) belongs to the upper class of a social group.
  10. 17. An independent settlement (typical of those in ancient Greece) made up of an inner fortified city surrounded by houses.
  11. 18. The customs and traditions that a community, society or civilisation develops over time and passed down from generation to generation.
  12. 21. A set of beliefs held by a particular people to help explain things that were not understood (e.g. strange natural events); these may include individual stories called myths.