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28 Cards in this Set
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Athens
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mecca(center of greece), was a city that governed itself and they created the council to adminster laws and stuided art,philosophy,and polictics
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Sparta
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miltant/authoritative
warriors did'nt focus on the humiantes |
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Acropolis
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hilltop fortess
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Polytheistic
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people who worship many gods
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Democracy
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rule by the people
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Direct Democracy
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people rule directly and made decisons for themselves
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Representative Democracy
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people choose a person
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Socrates
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one most powerful thinkers
he believed there were absolute standards for truth and justice |
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Aristotle
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a student of socartes ,wrote the republic(about perfect governed society)
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Aristotle
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a student of plato,created the basis for the scienctific methond , taught alexander
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Monarchy
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state ruled by king
some rules claim divine right(they are the closet thing to god) |
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Aristocracy
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state ruled by nobility
based on land ownership social status |
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Pericles
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a skillful politican and a respected general, he strengthen athenian democracy and hold and strengthen the empire and to glorify athens
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The Golden Years
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greece goes to the peak of its civillzation
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Alexander The Great
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a person from macedonia, he was hellenistic and conquered much of known world during that time
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Darius III
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a persian emperor who fought alexander and lost (did not fight with his troops)
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Oligarchy
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state ruled by small group of citizens
rule is based on wealth |
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Classical Art
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the art of anicent greece and rome which harmony,order , and balence were emphasized
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Hellenistic Age
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a type of age and alexander created it
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Persian Wars-
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alexander the great conquers persia by defeating darius III and claming persia for greece
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Peloponnesian War
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27 year war, sparata won due to a plague and athens becomes weak`
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Stoicism
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zeno of cyprus
life modeled after nature avoided excesses and attended to duty and controled emotions |
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Epicureanism
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epicurus
sought pleasure in moderation (freedom from pain in the body and trouble in the mind) |
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Skepticism
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pyrrho of elis
voice doubts about anything |
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Cyncism
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diogenes
violating laws, exposing corruption,vice,and hypocrisy |
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republic
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a form of government where the power rests with the citizens who have the right to vote
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patricians
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landowners, had most of the power
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plebeians
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common farmers that did not have much power
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