Ap World History- Ancient Greece

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Indo-Europeans, probably conquered Crete.

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Mycenaens

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Reasons:
-Overpopulation
*Probably migrated to India*

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Migration in Greece

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Who was the hero in the Iliad?

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Achilles

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What was the importance of the Iliad and the Odyssey?

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It gave the Greeks a sense of being Greek and related to their values.

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a citadel or fortified part of an ancient Greek city, typically built on a hill.

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Acropolis

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a city state in ancient Greece, esp. as considered in its ideal form for philosophical purposes.

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Polis

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a rectangular mass military formation, usually composed entirely of heavy infantry armed with spears, pikes, sarissas, or similar weapons

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.Phalanx formation

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citizen-soldiers of Ancient Greek city-states who were primarily armed with spears and shields.

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Hoplites

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prisoners of war, or slaves of the Spartans.

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Helots

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What type of people supported tyranny?

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newly rich merchants

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Strict military, 2 person oligarchy with ephors (culture police).

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Spartan Government

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conquered Athens after the reformer Solon, tyrant.

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Pisistratus

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known for creating the council of 500 and allowing Greek people to participate in government (Demos).

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cleisthenes

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Where did the Persian war start?

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Ionia

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What Greek city-state helped the rebellion of the Greek city-states in Ionia?

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Athens

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What battle did Athens beat Persia at?

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Marathon

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Where did Xerxes invade and Athens lose?

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Thermopylae

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the final battle of the Persian war, the Persians lost this final battle.

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Salamis

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Athens forced other city-states to stay in this defensive league after the Persian war as a way to get money.

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Delian league

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What Greek city-state was the leading center of Greek culture BEFORE Alexanders conquest?

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Athens.

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What two city-states mainly participated on the Peloponnesian war?

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Athens and Sparta.

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What happened to 1/3 of the population in Athens?

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they died from a plague

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What was one of the main affects of the Peloponnesian war?

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It weakened the city-states and left them vulnerable to Macedonian advances.

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Where was the Ptolemy Kingdom?

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Egypt

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Where was the Antigonid Kingdom?

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Macedonia

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Where was the Seleucid Kingdom?

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Inner Asia

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Wrote history of the Persian war

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Herodotis

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wrote history of the Peloponnesian war

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Thucydides

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wrote the Oresteia (theme derived from homer). The theme was reason over evil.

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Aeschylus

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first Greek writer that created realistic characters.

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Euripides

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Mostly political satire

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Greek comedies

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What did Plato's "The Republic" talk about?

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3 classes, maybe a Utopian society.

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Wrote the book "Politics" which talks about the ideal systems of Government monarchy, aristocracy and constitutional government.

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Aristotle

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consisted of rituals and religious festivals, polytheistic, mount Olympus is to be considered where the gods lived.

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Greek religion

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In what city-state is male homosexuality accepted and the economy based on agriculture and trade?

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Athens

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defeated the Southern Greeks at battle of Chaeronea; father of Alexander ("the great")

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Phillip II

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Alexandria

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The center for Hellenistic culture after Alexanders conquest

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Hero (inventor) was known for what?

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steam technology

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do what makes you happy, withdrawal from politics and society.

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Epicureanism

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make yourself happy by participating by participating in Government, politics and society.

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Stoicist

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Mountainous- isolated and not unified
Islands, inlets and harbors- trade and commerce; traded grain with Egypt, exported grapes, olives, olive oil and wine.

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Effects of Geography on Greece:

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temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, dedicated to the maiden goddess Athena

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Parthenon

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During what period was there many advances in mathematics and science?

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The Hellenistic era.