Chapter 5 set 1
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- Minoans
- Civilization named after King Minos in Crete
- Polis
- Greek word for city-state
- Popular Government
- idea of people can and should rule themselves
- Democracy
- government in which citizens take part
- Mycenaeans
- A civilization from Greek mainland that conquered central Crete
- Agora
- marketplace
- Greek Geography
- long uneven coastline, short mountain ranges, short rivers
- Acropolis
- hill
- Homer
- blind poet, author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
- 4 Characteristics of a Polis
- Small in size, small population, built on an acropolis and had an agora
- Hoplite
- Nonaristocratic soldiers
- Main aspects of Greek culture
- Epics, religion, drama, government, army
- Tyrants
- someone who illegally took power but had people's support