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What is a phallanx? Describe it.
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Greek battle formation. tight formation of soldiers in rows with shields and pikes
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Describe Minoan art.
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Fresco - painting done on fresh plaster. Sea scenes of dolphins, double bladed AX, Bull Scenes.
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Describe the education of a Spartan Male.
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1.at birth, if not 100 percent healthy was left to die. 2. boys live in dorm at age 7-30 3.extra-rigorous military training for 2 years at age 18-20. 4.expected to sneak away to marry; if caught they were whipped.
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Describe the first Olympics
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Olympics were held for Zeus and only greeks were to participate.
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Describe the Geography of Greece.
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Very mountenous, lived in small valleys traveled by sea, 45 miles or less all around from water.
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Describe the point of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
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Backdrop for culture, what should be copied and avoided. Everyone was expected to know the story.
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Describe what an Oracle is and how the one at Delphi was set up.
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Predicted the future. Most famous was way up on a hill top and kings would usually come to find out the future of their sons.
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What is a tyrant?
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A tyrant is a single individual holding vast, if not absolute power through a state or in an organization. A ruler who gained power without legal right.
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goddess of Love
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Aphrodite
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God of Sun and Light.
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Apollo.
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God of the Sea.
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Poseidon, Neptune
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God of the undeworld.
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Hades, Pluto.
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God of War.
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Ares, Mars
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God of Wine and parties.
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Dionysius, Bacchus
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God of wisdom and handicraft skills.
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Athena, Minverva
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Head of gods.
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Zeus, Jupiter
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Messanger of Gods, Speedy.
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Hermes, Mercury
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What happened to the Minoan culture?
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Hit by a giant tsunami from a volcanic eruption.
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What is a Aristocracy?
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The nobles run by a committee of nobles.
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What is a Hellene? And Achaen?
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Hellene is A Greek, and Anchaen is the same as a Mycenaean.
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What is a helot?
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State slaves of the spartans Agricultural slaves. Lived in small villages.
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What is a hoplite.
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Foot Soldiers.
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What is a Monarchy?
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legal rule by one - Usually a king or a queen.
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What is a Tyranny?
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People who give a person power that is illegal.
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What is an acropolis?
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Originally hill top fortress with a wall around it. Changed to "down town" where meetings were held.
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What is an agora?
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Gathering place for talk and trade.
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What is an Oligarchy?
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Government usually ran by wealthy or old family.
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What is meant by the "Mediterranean triad"?
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The trade of three main products. 1.Olive Oil 2.Wine 3.Grain
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What is the polis?
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Not just a city state, but a way of life and thinking.
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What might be the explanation of the Trojan War?
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Mycenaens taking over hellespont when it was weak, they were sick of paying for stuff when they were more powerful.
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What was the Minoan Civilization?
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Culture based on trade. The Minoans were a civilization in Crete in the Aegean Sea, flourishing from approximately 2700 to 1450 BC when their culture was superseded by the Mycenaean culture.
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Where is Sparta?
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South Central Peloponesous.
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Where was the Minoan Civilizations main capital?
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Knosses.
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Who was Homer?
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Author of the Odyssey.
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