HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Question
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acropolis
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agora
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -acropolis, (Greek: “city at the top”) central, defensively oriented district in ancient Greek cities, located on the highest ground and containing the chief municipal and religious buildings.
Detailed explanation-2: -The term “acropolis” means “high city” in Greek and can refer to one of many natural strongholds constructed on rocky, elevated ground in Greece, but the Acropolis of Athens is the best known.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Acropolis of Athens and its monuments are universal symbols of the classical spirit and civilization and form the greatest architectural and artistic complex bequeathed by Greek Antiquity to the world.
Detailed explanation-4: -An acropolis is any citadel or complex built on a high hill. The name derives from the Greek akro, “high” or “extreme/extremity” or “edge", and polis, “city", translated as “high city", “city on the edge” or “city in the air", the most famous being the Acropolis of Athens, Greece, built in the 5th century BCE.