Chapter 4 Ancient Greece Part 1
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| watercolor paintings done on wet plaster | ||
| a city and its surrounding land and villages | ||
| a manner of speech that is vivid and persuasive | ||
| Greek poem that gives us information about the Trojan War | ||
| blind poet; credited with writing the Iliad and the Odyssey | ||
| early group of people to the Aegean Sea area; mainland was the island of Crete; created frescoes | ||
| early people to the Aegean Sea; spoke Greek; successful sea traders; involved in the Trojan War | ||
| early people to the Aegean Sea; subsistence level of living; warriors | ||
| war between the Greeks and the Trojans; started over control of the strait connecting the Mediterranean and Black seas | ||
| a narrow water passage | ||
| Greek term for city-state | ||
| high city; highest part in a Greek city | ||
| free residents; responsible for city's success | ||
| battle formation of heavily armed foot soldiers | ||
| A government in which a hereditary ruler exercises central power. | ||
| rule by a hereditary landholding elite | ||
| power is in the hands of a small, wealthy elite | ||
| a government by the people | ||
| people who gained power by force | ||
| lawmaking body; approved or rejected laws | ||
| art of skillful speaking; speaking with the ability to persuade others | ||
| a vote to banish or send away a public figure whom they saw as a threat to their democracy | ||
| rational thinking |