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| Mediterranean Sea | The world's largest inland sea. |
| Strait of Gibraltar | An area of water that is only 8 miles wide and separates Europe from Africa. |
| Phoenicia | A country or territory located on the eastern coasline of the Mediterranean Sea located in modern day Israel, Syria, and Lebanon. |
| Greece | A country located on the Peloponnesus Peninsula that was inovative in government. |
| peninsulas | A landmass surrounded by water on 2 of it's four sides. |
| Attica | A small wedge-shaped peninsula that juts easward into the sea. |
| harbor | A sheltered place along a coast. |
| Peloponnesus | A peninsula that lies west of Attic and has many rugged hills with limited amounts of fertile land. |
| Crete | The largest of the 400 islands that are included as Greece |
| Rhodes | Half way between Greece and Ancient Asiai, this was a great resting point for sailors. |
| Tyre | A city on the Phoenician coast, it was captured by Alexander the Great. |
| colonies | Territories or communities controlled by a distant government. |
| Carthage | Located in what is today Tunisia, it became the center of Phoenician life in the west after the fall of Trye. |
| Dido | A princess from Tyre that founded Carthage. |
| polis | New independent city-states that were the cultural and political centers of Greece. |
| acropolis | A large hill where city residents could seek shelter in times of war. Also, Greek city-states were built around them. |
| agora | a clearing where people would gather to trade with eachother. |
| citizens | A person with certain rights and responsibilities in their country and communities. |
| oligarchy | A government system where the richest and most powerful men made the decisions for their city-states. |
| Athens | The Greek city-state that became the capital of modern-day Greece. |
| monarchy | A government system ruled by one person; usually ruled by a king or a queen |
| Sparta | The largest city-state in ancient Greece that had a very strong military. |
| Democracy | A government system that gives power to the people because they elect a small amount of people to represent themselves. |
| Mount Olympus | A mountain in which the ancient Greeks believed their most powerful gods lived. |
| Homer | A famous Greek poet. |
