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| City-state | A city that is an independent political state with it's own ruling government |
| Asia Minor | A peninsula in southwestern Asia; today most of this area is the country of Turkey |
| Tyranny | A type of government in which one person illegally seizes all power, usually ruling in a harsh and brutal way: a dictatorship |
| Aristocracy | The upper or noble class whose members' status is usually inherited |
| Oligarchy | A government controlled by a small group of people made up of aristocratic and wealthy non-aristocratic families |
| Democracy | In ancient Greece, a form of government in which the male citizens held ruling power and made decisions; in modern times, a form of government in which citizens choose the leaders by vote |
| Monarchy | A government led by a king or a queen |
| Assembly | A group of people; in ancient Greece, the assembly made laws |
| Citizen | A person who is legally recognized as a member or subject of a country or state |
| Ostracize | In ancient Athens, to send a person away from the city; today, ostracize means to shun or ignore a person |
| Jury | A group of people who listen to information presented during a trial in a court and make decisions about whether someone is guilty or innocent |
| Corruption | Illegal or dishonest behavior, often by people in a position of power |
| Rhetoric | The skill of using words effectively in speaking or writing |
| Logic | The study of ways of thinking and making well-reasoned arguments |
| Epic poem | A long poem that tells the story of a hero's adventures |
| Barracks | Building where soldiers live |
| Aristocratic council | A group of people from the upper class or nobility who helped govern Sparta |
| Landlocked | Cut off from the seacoast; surrounded by land |
| Phalanx | A group of soldiers who attack in close formation with their shields overlapping and spears pointed forward |
| Emblem | A symbol |
| Truce | An agreement to stop fighting |
| Immortalize | To honor a person or event by creating an artistic or literary work, causing the person or event to be remembered forever |
| Priestess | A woman who has the training or authority to carry out certain religious ceremonies or rituals |
| Rite | A ritual or ceremony |
| Pass | A place in the mountain that is lower than the surrounding peaks and that people use a path through the mountains |
| Evacuate | To leave a place in an organized way, in order to get away from danger |