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Abydos

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City of the Hellespont, noted for Xerxes’ bridge

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Amphipolis

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Site of the Battle of Amphipolis where Cleon and Brasidas died in 422 BC

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Athens

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Principal city of Attica, birthplace of democracy, led Greece in Golden Age, founded by Cecrops in 1532 BC

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Aulis

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City in Greece where the Greek forces gathered and departed from for Troy

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Corinth

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Primary trade center on the Isthmus of Corinth

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Crotona

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Greek colony in southern Italy, commercial rival of Sybaris which was eventually destroyed by Crotona

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Cumae (cyme)

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First Greek colony of Italy, site of oracle of Cumaean Sibyl

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Delphi

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Site of Greece’s most famous oracle (Apollo’s)

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Eleusis

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The Seat of the Eleusian mysteries

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Halicarnassus

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Site of the “Mansoleum”

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Ilium (Troy)

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Principal city in Asia Minor during the Mycenaean Age, destroyed by Mycenaean Greeks in the Trojan War

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Knossus

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Main city on Crete during Minoan Age, contained the labyrinth which was designed by Daedalus

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Lacedaemon (Sparta)

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Characterized by harsh militarism, founded in 1490 BC, for 800 years it was without walls

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Marathon

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City of Attica, victory of Greeks over Persians 490 BC; huge burial mound of battle dead

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Megara

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Minor trade center of Isthmus of Corinth, victim of Pericles’ Meagan Decree in 432 BC

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Mycenae

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Primary city of Mycenaean Age, site of “Lion Gate,” Treasury of Atreus,” and Tholos Tomb, ruled at one time in Perseus

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Naucratis

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City located at the mouth of the Nile River

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Olympia

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Site of the ancient Olympic Games, site of Phidias workshop

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Pella

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Capital of Macedonia after Phillip moved from Aegea, birthplace of Alexander the Great

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Phaleron

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Port of Athens until 478 BC

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Piraeus

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Port of Athens after 478 BC, preplanned city by Hippodamus

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Sybaris

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Greek Colony in southern Italy, renouned for its luxury, destroyed by Crotona

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Syracuse

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Most important Greek colony on Sicily, rival of Himera, eventually dominant Sicily

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Tegea

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Site of a temple to Athena, which held the hide of the Caledonian Boar, the boar was killed by Atalanta and Meleager

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Thebes
Main city of Boeotia, founded by Cadmus in 1313 BC, stigmatized for insolence
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Troezen
City in Argolis, birthplace of Theseus (slew the minotaur)
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Aegina
Pericles called it the "eyesore of Piraeus," home of Achilles, site of the first Greek mint
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Chios
Birthplace of Homer
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Corcyra
In 435 BC, Corcyra and Corinth both claim to be mother colony of Epidamqnus which leads to war between them; this incident was one of the factors that led to the Peloponnesian War
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Crete
Center of Minoan Civilization, large island south of the Aegean Sea
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Delos
An island of the Cyclades, held treasury of the Delian League (Athenian Empire)
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Melos
"Venus de Milo" was built here by an unknown artist
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Ithaca
Home of Odysseus
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Lemnos
Mythological site of Hephaestus' forge
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Lesbos
Origin of many famous poets including Erinna, Sappho, Alcman, Alcaeus
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Salamis
Site of Battle of Salamis in 480 BC
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Rhodes
Site of construction of "Colossus of Rhodes"
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Arcadia
Rustic area in the center of Peloponnese, only area not conquered by the Dorians
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Attica
Area surrounding the city of Athens
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Boeotia
Area around the city of Thebes
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Caria
Area in southern Asia Minor, site of the "Mansoleum"
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Dardania (Troad)
Area around the city of Troy
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Epirus
Area containing Dodona ("Land of the Whispering Oaks," Zeus's oracle
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Ionia
Area of Greek colonization on west coast of Asia Minor
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Laconia
Area around the city of Sparta
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Lydia
Gyges was from here, he was the first to use coinage
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Macedonia
Kingdom in northeastern Greece, birthplace of Philip and Alexander
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Messenia
Conquered by Sparta, citizens forced into slavery and were called Helots
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Phocis
Area around the city of Delphi
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Thessaly
Large area south of Macedonia, birthplace of Jason
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Thrace
Vast area of land on shores of the Aegean and Black Seas, famous gold mines
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Bosporus
Strait that leads from the Propontus to the Black Sea
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Hellespont
Strait that leads from the Aegean Sea to the Propontus, modern dat Dardanelles
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Propontus
Small sea between the Bosporus and the Hellespont, modern day Sea of Marmara
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Saronic Guld
Gulf near Attica, contained the island of Salamis and Aegina
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Achelous
"King of Rivers," 'largest river in Greece
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Alpheus
Sacred river in Elis running through Arcadia, waters considered good for leprosy
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Mt. Ida
A mountain on Crete, birthplace of Zeus
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Mt. Laurium
Mountain in Attica, location of infamous silver mines
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Mt. Olympus
Mountain in Thessaly, mythological home of the gods
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Mt. Parnassus
Mountain near Delphi, sacred to Apollo
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Mt. Athos
Mountain in Chalcidice, named after the giant Athos, Persians cut a canal through it
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Chalcidice
Three fingers peninsula that projects into the Thracian Sea
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Isthmus Corinth
Strip of land that connects mainland Greece to the Peloponnese
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Peloponnese Peninsula
Large peninsula that is connected to southern mainland Greece by the Isthmus of Corinth
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The Greek's mainland
About 300 miles long
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Hellas
The Greeks' name for the Greece
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Hellenes
The Greeks' term for themselves
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Helladic
The term that describes Greece before the Dorian Invasion (1100 BC)
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Hellenic
The term that describes Greece after the Dorian Invasion until the death of Alexander the Great
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The Diocles
A wooden tramway along which ships were drawn to on rollers over the two miles across the Isthmus of Corinth
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The Isthmus Wall
Built by Mycenaeans in the 12th Century BC
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Acropolis
The term that means fortress or fortified place (stronghold)

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