Alexander the Great Vocab
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SacredAngelBob on February 19, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Monarchy | Ruled by one |
| Democracy | Ruled by the people |
| Anarchy | Ruled by none |
| Oligarchy | Ruled by a few |
| Plutocracy | Ruled by the wealthy |
| Aristocracy | Ruled by the well-born |
| Polis | City-state |
| Dionysus | God of wine |
| Herkles/Hercules | A mythical hero who completed twelve labours |
| Infantry | Foot soldiers |
| Calvary | Horses |
| Satrap | Persian Governer |
| Satrapy | A province in the Persian Empire rulled by a satrap. |
| Proskynesis | Traditional Persian act of prostrating oneself before a person of higher social rank. To the Greeks, they reserved such submissions for the gods only. |
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