TOG Year 1 Wk 24 LG: The Greeks and the Persians: The Persian Wars,Athens, and S
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- hoplite
- in ancient Greece, an infantry soldier who was heavily armed
- phalanx
- a body of infantry soldiers in ancient Greece, kept in close formation for protection
- cavalry
- troops mounted on horseback or the branch of military service composed of such troops
- aristocrat
- a member of a titled or privileged class
- oligarchy
- the group of those who rule in such a government or state in which a few people or a family rule
- tyrant
- a ruler who governs absolutely and with arbitrary or unjust cruelty and oppression
- democracy
- a form of government in which power ultimately rests with the people, either directly or through elected representatives
- strategy
- a plan, method, or series of actions designed to achieve a specific goal or effect
- advance
- progress or improvement
- retreat
- the withdrawal of a combat force from contact with the enemy