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helots
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slaves
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peloponnesian war
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demagogues
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bad leaders
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tragedy
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sad event
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Thespian
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a theatrical performer
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Parthenon
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temple in Athens
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Crete
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Largest Greek Island
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maneuver
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to move around
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euripides
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writer who wrote madea-sycology
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Laocoon and Sons
ATHANADOROS, HAGESANDROS, & POLYDOROS OF RHODES
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Winner of Persian Wars
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Greece
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GREEKS AT WARS
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Persian Wars
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Polis
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an ancient Greek city-state
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Constitution
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the fundamental political principles on which a state is governed, esp when considered as embodying the rights of the subjects of that state
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TYRANNY
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RULE IN HARSH WAY (DESPOT)
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Types of Art
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Vases
-Water animals
Bronze statues
-Bull heads
-Gods and Godesses
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volute
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(IONIC) flowery, mustache-like part directly above the column
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Turkey
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Present day location of Persian
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Minoa
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Earliest civilization on Crete, discovered by Sir Arthur Evans is named ________.
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century
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a period of 100 years
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Themistocles
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Athenian general/leader who lead the Athenian Navy to victory over the Persians at the battle at Salamis.
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What did Elpenor ask Odysseus for?
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Thucydides
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ancient Greek historian remembered for his history of the Peloponnesian War (460-395 BC)
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all
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____citizens could submit laws for debate and passage
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Darius
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King of Persia in 521-486 B.C.
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music
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most important subject,Apollo is the god of music, they are required to study music, they played a lyre and a aulos and many other instruments, they sang poems too
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Hippocrates
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"the father of medicine" discovered the truth about sickness, said the body can heal itself, and to get better he said to have rest, hygiene, and a good diet.
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Pericles
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Rule of Athens during the Peloponnisian War. Ruler during first 3 years of Persian war. Killed by the plague
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A _____ is a Greek slave.
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Helot
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Oligarchy
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Type of government that Sparta had
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plato
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Which philosopher believed in the ideal society consisted of 3 groups: farmers and artisans, warriors and ruling class
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Assassination
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the murdere of a public figure
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rulers or guiding spirits associated with heavenly bodies
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kosmokratores
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acropolis
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large hill where city residents could seek safety
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Praxiteles
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Lived about 100 yrs. after Phidias, Sculpted figures that were more life like and natural in form and size. Expressed the Greek admiration for the beauty of the human body.
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Hellenistic culture
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Greek culture blended with Egyptian, Persian and Indian ideas, as a result of Alexander the Great's Empire.
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Aristotle
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student of Plato; analyzed all types of government and found good and bad about all of them, he favored monarchy in the end and he addressed the the question of how people ought to live
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philosopher kings
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plato's ideal rulers, 1) sovereigns who receive education in philosophy
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Thermopylae
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a narrow pass in east-central Greece where an unsuccessful attempt by the Spartans led to their defeat by Xerxes and the Persians in 480 B.C. during the Persian Wars
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Cyclops
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Polyphemus, a son of Poseidon, tricked by Odysseus "Nobody", has eye blinded and Odysseus and men escape
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Socates
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questioned all ideas, admitted his own limitations, encouraged young people to challenge authority, tried for corrupting youth
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peninsula
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an area of land almost entirely surrounded by water
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The Delian League
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who: around 200 Greek city-states
what: pressed war against Persian
when: 478 B.C.
where: Greece, specifically Delos
why: protected Greece by ending threat of Persian attack
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Phalanx
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a square of Greek soldiers with overlapping shields and spears
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Aristocracy
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Early form of government in Ancient Greece where members of the rich and powerful controlled the land and ruled most of the city-states.
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Aristocrats
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A member of the powerful ruling class.
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Tyrants
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Who were the ambitious aristocrats in the Archaic period who lead revolts to have more voice in government?
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Crete and Rhodes
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Two of Greeces largest islands.
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Alexander's legacy
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combine Greek and Persian culture
his empire becomes 3 kingdoms Macedonia, Egypt and Old Persia
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Ostracism
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Exclusion from a society by general consent
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epic
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a long poem that tells a story
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Persian War
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War between the city-states of Greece and the Persian Empire. The Greek city-states united to defeat the Persians.
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Battle of Salamis
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battle where Persians were tricked into sailing their larger ships into strait and lost almost all ships; turning point of the war
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Herodotus
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the ancient Greek known as the father of history
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ephors
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in sparta, made sure laws were carried out
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Alexander
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King of macedonia who conquered a vast empire in europe asia and africa and sp\read greek culture
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Xerxes
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son of Darius; became Persian king. He vowed revenge on the Athenians. He invaded Greece with 180,000 troops in 480 B.C.
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Mythology
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a body of stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works
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Mercenary
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A soldier who serves a foreign country for pay.
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Socratic Method
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method of teaching by Socrates; a question-and-answer format --> pupils see things themselves with their own reason.
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Hellenistic
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The Greek culture after the death of King Alexander
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Archaic Period
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900-500 BCE, beginning of great vase painting and monumental stone sculpture
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monarchy
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A government ruled by a king or queen
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monarch
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a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
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"The Four Hundred"
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pro-oligarchy seize power for a sec during peloponnesian war
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Sophocles
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Added the 3rd actor in drama and made more complex dialogue
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What were the three leading Philosophers?
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Sacrates, Plato, and Aristotle
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inside the city walls
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Pericles responded to the Spartans' attack by bringing residents from the surrounding region ___
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who was the god of the moon and hunting
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artemis
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Geocentric theory
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Earth in the middle of the universe as expounded by Ptolemy at Alexandria
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For their wool
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what did the ancient greek use sheep for
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Illiad
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1 of 2 epics by homer tells teh story of the tragic quarrel between 2 heroes of the trogan war
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Who was a historian who made a great picture of the world?
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Hecateus of Miletus
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Types of Government in Ancient Greece
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1. Monarchy :Ruled by king.
2. Olgarchy: Ruled by a small group.
3. Democracy: Ruled by the citizens.
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During the Peloponnesian War, Athens
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had it's citizen move inside the city walls. The farmland was destroyed. It lost most battles on land but not at sea. Since this polis controlled the Aegean Sea, it was able to bring in grain from other areas.
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To what degree were Greek city-states alike? In what ways were they different?
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There were basic sets of social and cultural institutions that were generally similar between different city-states. Each polis had unique economic systems, political traditions, religious ideas, etc.
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