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  1. Black Sea
    a sea between Europe and Asia
  2. Mediterranean Sea
    the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia
  3. priceless
    of incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth
  4. legacy
    a gift of personal property by will
  5. venture
    an undertaking with an uncertain outcome
  6. antiquity
    the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe
  7. throughout
    from first to last
  8. resource
    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 existence and knowledge
  11. Greece
    ancient Greece
  12. rugged
    having long narrow shallow depressions in the surface
  13. cultivated
    developed by human care and for human use
  14. Crete
    the largest Greek island in the Mediterranean
  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
  19. Mycenae
    an ancient city is southern Greece
  20. climate
    the weather in some location averaged over a 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
  23. harbor
    a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
  24. mingle
    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
    a plant grown for forage and grain
  30. oat
    annual grass of Europe and North Africa
  31. soil
    material in the top layer of the surface of the earth
  32. indigenous
    originating where it is found
  33. flourish
    grow vigorously
  34. component
    one of the individual parts making up a larger entity
  35. diet
    the usual food and drink consumed by an organism
  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 vehicle
  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
  46. mainstay
    a prominent supporter
  47. dominance
    the power or right to give orders or make decisions
  48. kinfolk
    a person's relatives, collectively
  49. Mesopotamia
    the land between the Tigris and Euphrates
  50. irrigation
    the act of supplying dry land with water by artificial means
  51. metal
    a chemical element or alloy that is usually a shiny solid
  52. civilization
    a society in an advanced state of social development
  53. stratified
    deposited or arranged in horizontal layers
  54. pyramid
    a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides
  55. tenant
    someone who pays rent to use property owned by someone else
  56. craft
    the skilled practice of a practical occupation
  57. slave
    a person who is forcibly held in servitude
Created on Thu Oct 29 18:49:41 EDT 2009 (updated Thu Oct 29 19:11:42 EDT 2009)

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