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30 Cards in this Set
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Helladic Period
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ancient greece during bronze age
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Troy
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City on Dardinelles straight war possibly fought there
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Trojan War
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War between Greeks and Trojans
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Dark Ages
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Decline in greek history
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Geometric Art
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used to build columns on buildings like the Parthenon
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Sparta
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City on island of Peloponnesus
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Homeric Age
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Poet who "wrote" the illiad and the oddysey
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Archaic Period
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Koures and Kore figures
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Olympic Games
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played every 4 years in Zues' honor
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Zues
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Head god, most important, god of sky and weather
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Solon's reform
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Oligarch, gave supreme power, established 1st balanced constitution
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Thales of Miletus
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Greek astronomer, predicted solor eclipses
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Tragedies
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sad plays
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Classical Age
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500-336 BCE
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Battle of Marathon
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Greek victory over Persians at Marathon
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Sophocles
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playwright of Antigone
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Pericles
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founder of Democracy
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Battle of THermoylae and Salamis
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300 Spartans and about 700 greeks vs. several thousand Persians fight in a narrow pass
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Delian League
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Sparta, Thebes, and Athens (head) alliance against Persia
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Golden Age
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Athenian high point, Greeks at center of financial world
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Democracy
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people rule
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Socrates
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philosopher
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Acropolis
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high city
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Parthenon
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Athena's temple
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Peloponnesian War
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Athens vs. Sparta
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Plato
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philosopher, Socrates' pupil
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Aristototle
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political philosopher
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Phillip II
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king of Macedonia
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Hellenic League
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association of greek city states (defence) of Persians
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ALexander the Great
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Phillip's son, one of the most famous greek conquerors
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