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1
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Polis

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THE GREEK WORD FOR A CITY-STATE

2
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Classical

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AN ERA THAT IS MARKED BY GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS

3
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ACROPOLIS

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A high hill

4
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Democracy

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A TYPE OF GOVERNMENT IN WHICH PEOPLE RULE THEMSELVES

5
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Aristocracy

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RICH LANDOWNERS

6
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Oligarchy

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A GOVERNMENT IN WHICH ONLY A FEW PEOPLE HAVE POWER

7
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Citizen

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PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN GOVERNMENT

8
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Tyrant

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A LEADER WHO HOLDS POWER THROUGH THE USE OF FORCE

9
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Pericles

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BRILLANT ELECTED LEADER OF ATHENS

10
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Alliance

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AN AGREEMENT TO WORK TOGETHER

11
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Peloponnesian war

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A WAR BETWEEN SPARTA AND ATHENS

12
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Phillip 11

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KING OF MACEDONIA

13
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Phalanx

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A GROUP OF WARRIORS THAT STOOD TOGETHER IN A SQAURE

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Alexander the Great

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ONE OF THE GREATEST CONQUERORS IN HISTORY

15
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Hellenistic

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GREEK-LIKE

16
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Socrates

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HE BELIEVED PEOPLE SHOULD NEVER STOP LOOKING FOR KNOWLEDGE

17
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Plato

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A STUDENT OF SOCRATES

18
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ARISTOLTE

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A STUDENT OF PLATO

19
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Reason

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CLEAR AND ORDERED THINKING

20
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EUCILD

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HE WAS INTERESTED IN MATH AND IN FACT SOME OF THE GEOMETRY RULES WE LEARN TODAY COME STRAIGHT FROM HIS WRITINGS

21
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HIPPOCRATES

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HE WANTED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAUSED DIESEASE SO HE COULD TREAT THEM BETTER WE KNOW HIM TODAY BECAUSE OF HIS IDEAS ON HOW DOCTORS SHOULD BEHAVE ; GREATEST GREEK DOCTOR