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| peninsula | A stretch of land almost completely surrounded by water |
| isthmus | A small strip of land connecting larger land areas |
| harbor | A sheltered place with deep water close to shore |
| peasant | A poor farmer |
| cultural borrowing | The process by which a culture takes ideas from other cultures |
| bard | A professional storyteller who traveled from town to town, telling stories and singing songs about Greek gods, goddesses, and heroes |
| legend | A story handed down from earlier times that explains the past |
| epic | A long poem like the Illiad or the Odyssey |
| myth | A story about how the actions of gods and goddesses affected the lives of people |
| mythology | A collection of myths passed down from generation to generation |
| Minoans | Early Greek settlers were expert sailors and sea traders. Lived on Crete |
| Mycenaens | Peasants or poor people believed to be warlike peope lived on the Peloponnesus |
| Peloponnesus | Region of land attached to Greece's mainland by the isthmus |
| Homer | Greek poet wrote epic poems. |
| Dark ages | Period in Greece's history when many cultural achievements disappeared. |
