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Cyrus the
Great |
king of the Persians and
Medes who won independence for Persians and conquered the Medes; considered by historians to be the founder of the Persian Empire |
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cavalry
|
a group of soldiers who
ride on horses |
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Darius I
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ruler of the Persian
Empire who called himself the king of kings; restored order to the empire and built a new capital called Persepolis |
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Persian
Wars |
a series of wars between
Persia and Greece in the 400s BC |
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Xerxes I
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a Persian ruler who was
defeated in his attempt to conquer Greece in 480 BC |
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alliance
|
an agreement to work
together |
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Peloponnesian
War |
a war between Athens
and Sparta in the 400s BC |
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Philip II
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king of Macedonia from
359 to 336 BC who conquered Greece |
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phalanx
|
a group of Greek
warriors who stood close together in a square formation |
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Alexander
the Great |
a Macedonian king who
conquered the Persian Empire and created the largest empire the world had ever seen |
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Hellenistic
|
Greek-like; heavily
influenced by Greek ideas |
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Socrates
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a Greek teacher and
thinker who wanted to make people think and questions their beliefs; accused of questioning the authority of the gods and condemned to death |
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Plato
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a Greek teacher and
philosopher who believed in an ideal society based on justice and fairness to everyone that would be run by philosophers |
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Aristotle
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a Greek thinker who
taught that people should live lives of moderation or balance |
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reason
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clear and ordered
thinking |
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Euclid
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a Greek scientist who
was interested in the study of geometry; many of his rules about geometry are still taught today |
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Hippocrates
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a Greek doctor who is
known for his ideas about how doctors should behave |