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LinearB |
Linear B was a tablet discovered in Greece by Sir Arthur Evans inscribed with Greek hieroglyphics. In 1953 the tablet was deciphered, and led historians to discover the Greeks colonized Minoa and used their language inscribed on a tablet known as Linear A to develop the language of Ancient Greece. |
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Greek Renaissance |
The Greek renaissance describes an era of rapidgrowth in population, wealth and standard of life in Greece. This growthresulted in a change of social structureand gave way to independent villages joining states and PanHellenicinstitutions which founded the Olympicgames. |
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Polis |
The Polis is another name for the Greek city-states and describes a group of citizen farmer-soldiers living under one, self-government . They were the result of people coming together and identifying more with their city instead of their family name. |
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Hoplite
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The Hoplite describes mass assemblies where citizens would meet to make laws and decree states of action. This form of government was curtail to the to keeping order in the Greek society, and paved the way for modern democracy |
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Helots |
Helots described peasant farmers whose state wasconquered by Sparta. Their land was divided and worked under the command of theirSpartan masters. This conquering made it possible for the Spartans to radicallyengineer the Greece society like they did. |
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Gerousia |
30 Elected individuals that had to be 60 years old who proposed laws. Although they could not vito on laws they had the power to veto any laws they did not agree with |
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Solon |
Solon was a well-respected man who was made chief of Athens in 594. He made it law that no Athenian could be enslaved and freed all the previously enslaved Athenian and lifted their debt. |
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Peisistratos |
Leader of the hill faction in Athens who in 564 took over the states central government. He took Athens out of their era of election and into a rule of Tyrants. |
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City-Island Strategy |
revolutionary new military strategy in which Athens created a defense instead of invading the Peloponnesians. She created herself into an island state attracted the Peloponnesian's into the states walls and then fle. |
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Sicilian Expedition |
The Athenian leader persuaded the state to take advantage of the conflict going on in Sicily and use it to bring them into the Athenian empire. This invasion ended up being a disaster for Athens but is significant because it introduced the ancient world to the new force of Syracuse |
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Corinthian War |
was a war between the Athenians their allies and Sparta with many wins and losses for both sides. With the anti spartan alliance gaining momentum out of fear of their power the Persian empire persuaded the sides to make Peace allowing them to take over Ionia. |
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Darius III |
King and ruler of Persia and the political necessity of shoring up his authority and imperial unity by proving military might. Significant because he created the battle that lead Alexander the great to begin advancing to domination. |
