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Greek Vocabulary

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

GREEK VOCABULARY

BY RYAN TROXEL
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POLIS

A GREEK CITY STATE THAT'S INDEPENDENT AND MADE UP OF A CITY AND IT'S SURROUNDINGS

ACROPOLIS

A FORTRESS IN A CITY STATE, USUALLY ON A HILL
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DEMOCRACY

A GOVERNMENT WHERE ALL CITIZENS SHARE IN RUNNING IT ( VOTING)

AGORA

PART OF A CITY STATE THAT WAS A MARKET AND MEETING PLACE

MONARCHY

A FORM OF GOVERNMENT RUN BY A KING
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HOPLITES

GREEK SOLDIERS WHO WERE CITIZENS

OLIGARCHY

A FORM OF GOVERNMENT WHERE A SMALL GROUP HOLDS POWER ( USUALLY RICH)

COLONY

A SETTLEMENT IN A NEW TERRITORY WITH CLOSE TIES TO ITS HOMELAND

TYRANT ( TYRANNY)

A PERSON WHO TAKES POWER BY FORCE AND RULES WITH TOTAL AUTHORITY

HELOT

A PERSON CONQUERED OR ENSLAVED BY ANCIENT SPATANS

SATRAP

OFFICIAL WHO RULED A STATE IN THE PERSIAN EMPIRE UNDER DARIUS
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SATRAPIES

20 STATES INTO WHICH DARIUS DIVIDED THE PERSIAN EMPIRE
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