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October 29, 2009 By youyou L. (beijing China)
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  1. Black Sea
    a sea between Europe and Asia; a popular resort area of eastern Europeans
  2. Mediterranean Sea
    the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia
  3. priceless
    having incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth
  4. legacy
    (law) a gift of personal property by will
  5. venture
    any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
  6. antiquity
    the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe
  7. throughout
    from first to last
  8. resource
    a source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed
  9. look out
    be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful
  10. philosophy
    the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics
  11. Greece
    ancient Greece; a country of city-states (especially Athens and Sparta) that reached its peak in the fifth century BCE
  12. rugged
    having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface
  13. cultivated
    no longer in the natural state; developed by human care and for human use
  14. Crete
    the largest Greek island in the Mediterranean; site of the Minoan civilization that reached its peak in 1600 BC
  15. Rhodes
    a Greek island in the southeast Aegean Sea 10 miles off the Turkish coast; the largest of the Dodecanese; it was colonized before 1000 BC by Dorians from Argos; site of the Colossus of Rhodes
  16. Balkan Peninsula
    a large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range
  17. landscape
    an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view
  18. Argos
    an ancient city in southeastern Greece; dominated the Peloponnese in the 7th century BC
  19. Mycenae
    an ancient city is southern Greece; center of the Mycenaean civilization during the late Bronze Age
  20. climate
    the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time
  21. agriculture
    the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
  22. valley
    a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
  23. harbor
    a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
  24. mingle
    to bring or combine together or with something else
  25. semiarid
    somewhat arid
  26. region
    the extended spatial location of something
  27. grain
    a cereal grass
  28. wheat
    annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains
  29. barley
    cultivated since prehistoric times; grown for forage and grain
  30. oat
    annual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats')
  31. soil
    material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
  32. indigenous
    originating where it is found
  33. flourish
    grow vigorously
  34. component
    an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system
  35. diet
    the usual food and drink consumed by an organism (person or animal)
  36. relish
    vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment
  37. sheep
    woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
  38. goat
    any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns
  39. pig
    domestic swine
  40. beverage
    any liquid suitable for drinking
  41. flock
    a group of birds
  42. chariot
    a two-wheeled horse-drawn battle vehicle; used in war and races in ancient Egypt and Greece and Rome
  43. Neolithic
    latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the Middle East (but later elsewhere)
  44. Stone Age
    (archeology) the earliest known period of human culture, characterized by the use of stone implements
  45. herd
    a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
  46. mainstay
    a prominent supporter
  47. dominance
    the power or right to give orders or make decisions
  48. kinfolk
    people descended from a common ancestor
  49. Mesopotamia
    the land between the Tigris and Euphrates; site of several ancient civilizations; part of what is now known as Iraq
  50. irrigation
    supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc
  51. metal
    any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
  52. civilization
    a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)
  53. stratified
    deposited or arranged in horizontal layers
  54. pyramid
    a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex
  55. tenant
    someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else
  56. craft
    the skilled practice of a practical occupation
  57. slave
    a person who is owned by someone