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27 Cards in this Set
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What is first greek city
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Crete
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when was the trojan war
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around 1200 bc
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Who are the Dorians
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a migrating tribe who came from “the north”
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Who in 1000bc invade and take over Mycenae?
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The Dorians
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Who wrote Iliad?
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Homer
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when was Iliad written?
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800bc
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Who wrote the Odyssey?
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Homer
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word for small city state in greek
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a polis
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A big city state in greek
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a metropolis
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What three forces shape a greeks life?
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Three Forces which shape your life:1. the Gods
2. your own character 3. Fate (luck/accident/chance ) |
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What three forces shape a greeks life?
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Three Forces which shape your life:1. the Gods
2. your own character 3. Fate (luck/accident/chance ) |
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What are the Three social classes in Greece ?
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1. rich the landed aristocracy
2. poor farmers Historically there are always only two classes until there are enough goods to create the third. Only then do we see the 3. middle class merchants (many colonies/not enough land so they must search for more) |
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Who is Draco?
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tyrant, 621BC) publishes first set of laws, death law on minor crimes.
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What is Solon
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600BC/frees debt slaves/starts colonies abroad/gives voice to small man/
Council of 400 is first representative govt in hist |
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who is Cleisthenes
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increases size of council to 500/10% chosen by lot/vote by district, not wealth
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explain the persian wars
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490BC/Greeks win at plains of Marathon/messenger runs 26 miles to Athens
480 mountain pass at Thermopolae “hot doors”/300 Spartans fight to death/Bay of Salamis |
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what is the Age of Pericles
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460-430 uses funds from Delian League to build city
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when is the Rise of Sparta/Athens falls?
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404BC in civil war (Peloponnesian)
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who in 336BC/conquers all known world ?
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Alexander
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how old was Alexander when he died?
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(age 33) in 323BC in a drinking contest
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who believes Logos guides all change/is in all things “nothing is, everything is becoming”?
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Heracleitos
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who believes Logos guides all change/is in all things “nothing is, everything is becoming”?
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Heracleitos
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who believes basic stuff is water
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Thales
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who believes only that which is permanent is real?
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Pythagorus
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whose math is basis of our musical scale today?
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Pythagorus
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whose idea is all matter is composed of atoms?
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Democritus
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Which philosopher maintained that water was the basic material of which the universe was composed?
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Thales
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