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26 Cards in this Set
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King Darius |
King of Persia |
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Athens golden age |
Time period between 480 and 404 BC |
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Iron age |
Time period after the bronze age |
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Minoans |
People of Crete first civilization of Greece |
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Olympics |
Games geld every 2 years that alternate between winter and summer |
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Peloponnese |
Southern part of Greece |
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Epic |
Long narrative poem |
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Phalanx |
Special Greek battle formation |
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Socrates |
A philosopher |
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Plato |
A philosopher pupil of Socrates |
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Mycenaean |
Ancient Greek civilization |
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Peloponnesian war |
War caught between Athens and Sparta; Sparta is victorious |
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Aristotle |
A philosopher who taught ATG ; pupil of Plato |
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Solon |
Athenian statesman who made Athens more democratic |
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Homer |
Ancient poet wrote the Iliad and Odyssey |
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Alexander the great |
King of Macedonia conquered Greece and Persia |
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Helots |
A slave |
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Trojan war |
War fought between the city of Troy and Greece; Greece victorious |
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Philosopher |
A wise person |
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Battle of Marathon |
Took place during the first Persian invasion of Greece; Greece is victorious even though severely outnumbered |
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Oligarchy |
A political system ran by a group of people |
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Mount Olympus |
Home of the gods and located in Greece |
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Hellenistic age |
A period of peace after Alexander the great concoured Persia |
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Dorians |
Civilization responsible for Athens dark age |
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Draco |
Athenian law maker whos laws prescribed death for almost every offense |
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Sparta |
Greek city state located in Peloponnese |
