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| Dorians | invaders from the north who used weapons of iron |
| Minoans | 1st civilization to develop in the Aegean region on the island of Crete |
| Mediterranean Sea | large body of water that connects Greece to Africa, Europe and Asia |
| polis | A Greek city-state |
| Aesop | author of fables that teach moral lessons |
| Spartans | citizens of Sparta |
| Hoplites | citizen soldiers that fought on foot |
| philopsher | a person who uses reason to understand the world and human behavior |
| Aegean Sea | body of water to the east of the Greek mainland, filled with hundreds of islands |
| Macedonia | powerful kingdom that eventually conquered the city-states |
| Athens | city-state, birthplace of democracy |
| Pericles | greatest leader of Athens during its Golden Age |
| Hellenes | after the Dark Ages, the Greeks began calling themselves Hellenes |
| peninsula | landform with water on 3 sides |
| Corinth | city-state located on an isthmus connecting the Peloponnesus to the mainland |
| Athenians | citizens of Athens, valued education, arts, music |
| Mycenae | capital of the first Greek Kingdom |
| Hellenistic Era | period of time when Greek culture spread to non-Greek people |
| Sparta | a city -state whose people were famous for their strict military training |
| Mycenaeans | people who built the first Greek kingdoms, known for their palace-fortresses |
