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Cyrus the great

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because he was so successful they named him Cyrus the great

2
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calvary

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A unit of soldiers who ride horses

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Darius I

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A prince named Darius l claimed the throne.

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persian wars

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The invasion began a series of wars between Persia and Greece that historians called the Persian wars.

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Xerxes I

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Darius son who tried to conquer Greece again

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alliance

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an agreement to work together

7
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peloponnesian war

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a war between Athens and Sparta that threatened to tear all of Greece apart

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phalanx

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a group of warriors who stood close together in a square

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Alexander the great

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his efforts to build an empire made him one of the greatest conquerors in history.

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Hellenistic

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Greek like

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reason

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clear and ordered thinking.

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Plato

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a student of Socrates

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Socrates

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He believed people must never stop looking for knowledge

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Aristotle

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perhaps the greatest thinker in Greek

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Hippocrates

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He wanted to figure out what caused diseases so he could cure them.

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Euclid

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He was interested in geometry so he spent his life studying math.

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phillip the ll

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became king of Macedonia.