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14 Cards in this Set
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when did the greeks change their form of gov.? |
750-500 B.C.E |
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monarchy |
king or queen rule |
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noble landowners |
-served as military defenders -could afford bronze weapons and chariots |
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middle class |
-merchants,farmers,artisans -challenged noble landowners for power -citizens began to protect since iron weapons invented |
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Sparta |
-disciplined military society -had a king -council of elders -only males over 30 could serve |
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Athena |
-where the idea of democracy originated -set up a legislature -valued individual and citizens rights (women and slaves no rights) |
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persian war |
(in the 500 b.c.e athens wealthiest greek city state) -persia had been threatenin for 20 yrs(athens) -athens able to defeat with help from sparta - |
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Age of Pericles(athens) |
(most powerful city after Persian war) -460-429 B.C.E econemy thrived and gov.became more democratic(under Pericles)
-"direct democracy" most citizen were part of making decisions
-"civic duty": moved from God's law to natural law |
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Peloponnesian War |
-lasted 27 yrs -sparta beat athens (ended democracy) |
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Greek Philosophers |
- thinkers "lovers of wisdom" -used observation and reasoning -focused on ethics and morality -sopits(athes) :focused on sucess
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Socrates |
-USED ART OF QUESTIONING TO FIND TRUTH AND SELF-Knowledge |
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Plato |
-belived reason=knoledge -wrote " Republic" -divided society into 3 classes 1)workers=make necessities of life 2)soldiers=defend the state 3)philosophers =rule state |
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Aristotle |
-analyzed all forms of gov. (didnt like any) -favored constitutional democracy (rule of the many) -wrote "Politics"(no one is an exception from the law) |
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alexander the hellenistic age |
-tutored by aritotle -conquered 2,000 mile of land (got the name Alexander the Great) -spread greek ideas -stoicism(influenced pilosophy after alex's death): preached high morals standared
-all people equal (what age?) |
