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16 Cards in this Set
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Minoans
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earned a living from sea trade
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mycenaeans
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served as both centers of the goverment administration and production
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schliemann
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a german archaeoligist
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minos
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ruled over minoan civilization
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homer
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blind poet who lived during the 700's bc
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draco
tyrant |
stric code of laws
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solon
tyrant |
leader who improved economic conditions
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peisitratus
tyrant |
divided large estates among land-less farmers
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cleisthenes
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allowed alot of people to participate in the goverment
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darius
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persian king who defeted ionians then set ou to punish the greeks
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xeres
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invaded greece from the north and the son of darius
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themistocles
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Athens general who thought greeks should challenge persia at sea "wooden wall"
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leonidas
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stood firm against the persians and the spartan king who led the battle of thermopylae
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pericles
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athen general who led athens throught its golden age
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cyrus II
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persian who concured ionia- 546 bc
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themistocles
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athen general who thought that the greeks should challange persians at sea (wooden wall)
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