Ancient Greek Geography Diagram | Quizlet

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Athens

DEFINITION

One of the two most powerful Greek city-states. Leader of the Delian League; first city-state to use democracy

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Sparta

DEFINITION

A war-loving city-state that was one of two major Greek powers.

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Corinth

DEFINITION

The major trading and navel rival of Athens and member of the Peloponnesian League; allies with Sparta.

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Thebes

DEFINITION

A major polis known for their powerful army who often switched sides in war.

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Mount Olympus

DEFINITION

the higest mountain in Greece, where the ancient Greeks believed many of their gods and godesses lived

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Delphi

DEFINITION

An ancient city in central Greece,: site of an oracle of Apollo

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Peloponnesian Peninsula

DEFINITION

Region of Greece dominated by the Spartan alliance, the Peloponnesian League

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Troy

DEFINITION

an ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War

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Asia Minor

DEFINITION

the western Asian peninsula comprising most of modern-day Turkey, known to the Greeks as Anatolia

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Island of Crete

DEFINITION

The location of the first Greek civilization, the Minoans.

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Macedonia

DEFINITION

An ancient kingdom north of Greece, whose ruler Philip II conquered Greece in 338 B.C.

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Mediterranean Sea

DEFINITION

This body of Water separates Europe and Africa

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Ionian Sea

DEFINITION

The body of water to the west of Greece.

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Aegean Sea

DEFINITION

A body of water by Mediterranean Sea that touches the borders of Greece & Asia Minor.

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Mycenae

DEFINITION

Sea-faring Greek kingdom. A major center of Greek Civilization in the 1000s BCE, centuries before Greece's "Golden Age"

Rhodes

A Greek island, lying east of Crete in the Aegean Sea

Ionia

region of western Asia Minor colonized by Ancient Greeks