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11 Cards in this Set
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Athens caught Persia by surprise; Miltiades beat Darius I
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Marathon
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The showdown between the navy of Athens vs the Persian fleet, resulting in Greek victory
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Salamis
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Sparta's allience and the bulking up of infantry
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Pelopennesian League
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Athen's allience and the bulking up of the navy
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Delian League
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God of War.
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Ares, Mars
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The narrow pass where 300 Spartans warded off the entire persian army for several days
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Thermopylae
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An athens general who tricked other greek leaders into facing the Persian navy and winning
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Themistocles
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What cultures came together to create the Hellenistic Culture spread by the conquests of Alexander
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Persian, Indian, Egyptian, Greek
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Block-shaped formation of hoplites with each carrying a spear so spears projected several feet in front.
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phalanx
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City founded by Alexander: The famous Hellenistic city of --- on the northern tip of Africa became an important center of Hellenistic culture. The lighthouse (pharos) of --- was one of the Seven Wonders of the World. It once guided international traffic (slave trade) from the Nile, Red Sea, and the Mediterranean into the harbor. An earthquake later toppled the lighthouse and today it lies beneath the ocean. The library of ---, which once contained a half-million scrolls, was later destroyed.
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Alexandria
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Which city-state had a training program designed to make loyal soldiers?
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Sparta
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