Greece sect. 4, 5
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dkronenberg on March 24, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 plague | a widespread disease |
| blockade | cutting off an area by an enemy that closes trade and travel |
| Sparta | ancient city state in Greece that relied on a military rule |
| Persia | vast ancient empire of SW Asia around modern day Iran |
| Marathon | city on the Attic peninsula where the Greek defeated the Persians in 490 BCE |
| barbarian | person that belongs to a group the others consider savage or uncivilized |
| asssasinate | to murder for political reasons |
| Hellenistic | describing Greek culture after the death of Alexander, includes the 3 main kingdoms formed by the breakup of his empire |
| King Philip | king of Macedonia,conquored Greece, father of Alexander the Great(382-336 BCE) |
| Macedonia | ancient kigdom on the Balkan peninsula, includes present day Macedonia, Northern Greece, andSW Bulgaria |
| Alexander the Great | king of Macedonia, conquored Persia, and Egypt, invaded India, spread Hellenism( 356-323BCE) |
| Alexandria | ancient Hellenistic city in Egypt created by Alexander, site of a famous library and lighthouse_ one of 7 wonders |
| Euclid | Greco Roman mathematician:known for book -Elements, about geometry |
| Archimedes | Greek inventor and matematician, invented formulas for surface area and volume of sphere |
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