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Ch. 7
The Glory of Ancient Greece
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History
7th Grade
11/13/2012

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agoras
Definition
public markets and meetings places
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vendors
Definition
sellers of goods
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Athens
Definition
a city-state of ancient Greece
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slavery
Definition
the condition of being owned by someone else
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Sparta
Definition
a city-state in southern Greece
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helots
Definition
slaves owned by the city-state of Sparta
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Peloponnessian War
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a conflict between Athens and Sparta that lasted for 27 years
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plague
Definition
widespread disease
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blockade
Definition
an action taken to isolate the enemy and cut off its supplies
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barbarians
Definition
wild, uncivilized people
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assassinated
Definition
murdered for political reasons
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Alexander the Great
Definition
the Macedonian king that conquered Persia, Eqypt, and lands extending beyond the Indus River in the east.
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Hellenistic
Definition
Grrek history and culture after the death of Alexander the Great
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