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Greek island where the civilization flourished; hard to attack

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Crete

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King at the height of Greek civilization

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King Minos

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Palace city of King Minos

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Knossos

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Southern Greece

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Peloponnesus

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Thriving port city in Greece

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Mycenae

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Sea trade was a _____ for Mycenae

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Major economic activity

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Epic poems written by Homer; gave an account of the Trojan War

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Iliad and Odyseey

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blind and deaf

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Homer

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Tells about the war itself; grisly fighting

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Iliad

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Odyseus (Trojan warrior) ; account of he and his soldiers going back home.

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Odyssey

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a city state that was built on a hill top

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Polis

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12
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Two leading city states

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Sparta and Athens

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13
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Hill top fortress

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Acropolis

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Mass participation; type of democratic government

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Direct Democracy

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privileged land owners; minority; select few

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Aristocracy

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couldn’t pay taxes; sell yourself into slavery to pay off your debt ;poor people

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Debt slavery

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17
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Heavily armed foot soldiers

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Phalana

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18
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Ruler who takes over by force

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Tyrant

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19
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Draco’s _______ was very harsh; failure

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code of law

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an assembly of citizens who come together to make decisions; during Pisistratus Rule

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council of 400

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Increased from 400 to 500

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council of 500

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Temporary exile from the city (10 years). ; If a person is judged to be a threat then you are removed.

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ostracism

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23
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What was Sparta’s government

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Dual Monarchy (2 Kings)

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24
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advisory body to the king

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council of elders

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a group of people who direct daily life; monitor on a daily basis in the Spartan society
Ephor
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Slaves/ prisoners of war. Outnumbered Spartans from 20 to 1
Helots
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Young boy taken out of barracks at night; hooded; taken to wilderness; no food; little clothing; no water; no weapons; MUST make it back ALIVE. Young boy has to kill a slave without anyone knowing.
Rite of Passage
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2 types of people had tombstones on their burial site in the Spartan society
A warrior that died in battle A woman that died during childbirth
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How the Spartans decide whether a child should live
New born to be judged; If judged weak then newborn taken out of society.
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Ruler during Greek's golden age
Pericles
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Trading organization among the Greek states
Delian League
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Socrates's motto
Know Thyself
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method of questioning; to arrive at the truth
Socratic method
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1 notable thing that Socrates is known for
he accepted his punishment; You've got to follow the rules of the state.
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school founded by Plato
The Academy
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Book by Plato that describes an ideal society
The Republic
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This book by Plato has 3 classes
workers-provide necessities warriors- defend/ protect philosophers - Rulers
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Scientific Academy founded by Aristotle
Lyceum
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510 B.C.; Longest empire in the world
Persian
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was a Greek city-state that rebelled against the Persians
499 B.C. Miletus
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King of Persia
Darius
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Geek victory over the persians
Marathon
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Was the Greek runner that ran back to Athens, telling of the victory. After delivering the news he collapsed and died.
Pheidippides
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Son of Darius; Demands that Greek surrender; New Persian king
Xerxes
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The mountain pass defended by the Spartan force of 300
Thermopylae
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Spartan General
Leonidas
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Athenian navy destroys Persian fleet in what battle?
Saldmis
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Final battle; Greek victory over Persians
Plataea
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Greek Like culture
Hellenistic Culture
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Mixture of Greek and Roman culture; Greco-Roman; for the Hellenistic culture
civilization
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Alexander the Great inherits his father's kingdom at the age of __
20
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Port city in Egypt (gateway to Mediterranean)
Alexandria
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Former slave known for his fables ; Tortoise and the Hare
Aesop
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Created the fundamentals for modern geometry
Euclid
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Father of History; Factually recorded history
Herodotus
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Father of Medicine; principles of modern medicine
Hippocrates
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developed universal theory; stated earth at the center of the universe
ptolemy
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an engineer, physician, mathematician; statement: Lever big enough, I could move the Earth
archimedes
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Pythagoras
Pythagorean Theorem
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Stressed that moderation and all things could make us happy.
Epicurus
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Various Greek speaking people formed ______ in the 800's
city-states
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the two most important Greek city-states were ____ and ____
Athens and Sparta
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Two great epic poems, the ____ and the ______ written by ______ give an early glimpse of Greek history
iliad Odyssey homer
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the Greeks held Olympic/athletic contests in honor of Gods. the most famous were held at ____ in honor of ____
Olympia | Zeus
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by 600's B.C. , struggles for control of city-states began between ____ and ________________
landowners | soldiers and aristocrats
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many city states adopted the idea that people could and should __________
rule themselves
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around 507 B.C., Cleisthenes overthrew the ______ (rulers) and created a ______
direct democracy
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in the 400's B.C. , Persian king _____ and his son _______ tried to conquer mainladn Greece
Darius I | Xerxes
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in 431 B.C., _____ led the other city- states against ______ in the devastating ______ which ______ had to surrender
Sparta Athens Peloponnesian war
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_______ taught that disease comes from natural causes, not as punishment from the Gods.
Hippocrates
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______ established a way of learning through questioning that is now called the ____________
Socrates | Socratic Method
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a new civilization often called ________ (meaning ______) developed in areas ruled by Alexander the Great.
Hellenistic | Greek like

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