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26 Cards in this Set
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Homer
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Blind storyteller
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Myths
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Story about Gods
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Acropolis
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Fortified hilltop
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Aristocracy
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Government power in the hands of nobility
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Tyrant
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Individual who gained control of city-states
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Helot
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Peasant bound to the land
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Direct Democracy
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Citizens rule directly
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Tragedy
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Serious form of drama
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Philosopher
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Thinker; Uses logic to investigate the universe
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Plato
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Student of Socrates
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Hellenistic
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Language, art, science, and literature of Greece
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Archimedes
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Accurately estimated the value of pi
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Colossus of Rhodes
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Enormous statue that stood near harbor of Rhodes
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Epics
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Narrative poems celebrating deeds of legendary heroes
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Polis
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Fundamental political unit of Greece after 750 B.C
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Monarchy
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Power in the hands of one person
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Oligarchy
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Power in the hands of a few people
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Democracy
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Government controlled by citizens
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Phalanx
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Formation of foot soldiers
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Classical Art
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Art of Ancient Greece
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Comedy
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Humorous form of drama
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Socrates
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Encouraged students to examine their beliefs
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Aristotle
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Brightest student in Plato's Academy
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Alexandria
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Center of commerce and Hellenistic Civilization
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Euclid
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Highly regarded mathmetician
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City-states
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A city and its surrounding lands functioning as an independent political unit
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