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15 Cards in this Set
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How did seas infuluence greek civilization, and what were the seas?
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-Aegrean
-Ionian -Black - way of trade - Greece had poor rescources |
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How did the type of main land influence greek civilization?
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-Tiny fertile valleys
-lack of met -3/4 mountains -Made government difficult -cut off of communication -small independent states 3 principal crops: Grains, grapes, and olives |
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How did dthe clmate influence Greek civilization?
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-Medditerranean climate
-Outdoor life [many people lived outside] |
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How Did those people get the name of Minoans?
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KING MINOS
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Who lived on the mainland of greece? How did they get there name?
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Myceneans
- got the name from their leading city Mycenae |
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Describe the life of mainland greece
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safe, could withstand almost any attack
-was located on steep rocky ridge -surrounded my 20 feet thick protective wall |
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Who fought in the Trojan War? and Who won?
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Troy vs Greece
-Greece won |
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What were they fighting over?
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fighting over trade
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Who wrote the story of the Trojan war? Did he tell it truthfully?
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Homer
-had some truthful aspects -claimed it started because a trojan youth had stolen helen a greek kings wife |
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Who tried to prove that the trojan war actually happened?
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Heinrich Schkuenann
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When did the olympic games start and why did they start?
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were held to immitate greek gods
- to see who was the most "godly" in peace they found glorry in athletic competetions 776 B.C |
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Who did they worship and why?
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-woshipped humanlike gods
- greeks developed myths about there gods |
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What kind of governmetn did the Greeks have? why was it set up this way?
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-Athens had a direct democracy
Athens VERY big on education |
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Describe the greeks army, weapons, and soldiers in the iron age. How did this help pass the power from kings to citizens?
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Aristocracy- rule passed into the hands of small noble families instead of a king.
weapons: metal weapons and armor[iron] army: every solider was was expected to be a solider for his polis hoplites- soliders founght on foot phalanx- group of sliders |
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Who were tyrants? and how did they come to power?
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Tyrants- ambitious men who came to power through these rebellions
-farmers who had lost their lands joined in revolt against the nobles |
