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Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece Vocabulary
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History
7th Grade
10/03/2013

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Archeology
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The study of historic or prehistoric people and their culture by analyzing artifacts, monuments, and other objects
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Artifact
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A hand made object (such as a tool or shard of pottery)that reflects a period of time or culture
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Minoans
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Related to the ancient civilization of Crete, dating from 3000-1100 BCE
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Crete
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A Greek island in the Mediterranean sea, southeast of mainland Greece
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Sir Arthur Evans
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A British archaeologist famous for for finding the place of Knossos on the island of Crete and exploring and naming the Minoan civilization
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Troy
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A city in modern day Turkey once a Greek city state and the location of the Trojan war
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Anarchy
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Absence of rule
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Oligarchy
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Rule of the few
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Tyranny
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1 person rule
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Democracy
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People
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The Iliad and The Odyssey
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2 poems attributed to Homer the Iliad is about the Trojan war the Odyssey is about Odysseus journey back to Greece after the Trojan war
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Homer
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A bard (traveling poet)who traveled from place to place to recite epic poetry in Ancient Greece
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