Unit 5 Vocab

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  1. 2. In early Greek city-states, a fortified gathering place at the top of a hill that was sometimes the site of temples and public buildings.
  2. 4. refers to the art, literature, culture, and enduring ideas that emerged from the eastern Mediterranean basin in the centuries before the common era, that developed in myriad forms through the Middle Ages, and that ultimately took modern shape after the Renaissance
  3. 5. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching shoulder to shoulder in a rectangular formation.
  4. 6. the early Greek city-state, consisting of a city or town and its surrounding countryside
  5. 9. “the rule of many”, government by the people, either directly or through their elected representatives.
  6. 12. A system of government in which the people participate directly in government decision making through mass settings.
  7. 15. “the rule of the few”, a form of government in which a select group of people exercises control.
  8. 16. In ancient Greece, a sacred shrine where a god or goddess was said to reveal the future through a priest or priestess.
  9. 17. In early Greek city-states, an open area that served as a gathering place and as a market
  10. 18. Traditional story, especially concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.
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  1. 1. the largest and most influential of the Greek city-states. It had many fine buildings and was named after Athena, the goddess of wisdom and warfare. The Athenians invented democracy
  2. 2. A king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon.He spent most of his ruling years conducting a lengthy military campaign throughout Western Asia and Egypt
  3. 3. An organized system of thought, from the Greek for “love of wisdom”.
  4. 7. Something that comes from someone in the past or that happened in the past.
  5. 8. a city-state located in the southeastern Peloponnese region of ancient Greece, known for being a warrior society. Sparta grew to rival the size of the city-states Athens and Thebes by subjugating its neighboring region of Messenia.
  6. 10. Authoritative, traditional; relating to the literature, art, architecture, and ideals of the ancient Greek and Roman world.
  7. 11. moral principles; generally recognized rules of conduct
  8. 13. A long poem that tells the deeds of a great hero
  9. 14. A cruel and controlling ruler with all the power.