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31 Cards in this Set
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a war fought around 1200 bc led by mycenaean attacked troy
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trojan war
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an ino-european person settled the greek mainland around 2000 bc
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mycenaeans
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great storyteller blind
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homer
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a long narrative poem
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epic
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a traditional story about gods, ancestors or heros
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myths
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a fortified hilltop in an ancient greek city
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acropolis
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a government in which the power is in the hands of a single person
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monarchy
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a government in which the power is in the hands of a heredity ruling class or nobalty
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aristocracy
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a government in which the power is in the hands of a few people- especially based upon wealth
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oligarchy
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in ancient greece a powerful individual who gained control of a city states government bu appealing to the poor for support
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tyrants
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a government controlled by its citizens either directly or throw a representative
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democracy
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i the society of ancient sparta a peasant bound to the land
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helots
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a military formation of foot soliders armed with spears and sheilds
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phalanx
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a series of wars in the fifth century bc in which greek city states battled the persian empire
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persian wars
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a government in which citizens rule directly reather than through representatives
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direct democracy
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a serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
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tragedy
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a humorous form of drama that often includes slapstick and satire
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comedy
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a war lasting from 431 to 404 bc in which athens and its allies were defeated by sparta and their allies
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peloponnesian war
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critic of sophists, believed a absolute standards did exist
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socrates
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student of socrates
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plato
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philospher questioned nature of world and human beliefs
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aristotle
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king of macedonia
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philip 2
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located north of greece rought terrain, cold climate
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macedonia
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king philips son
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alexandra the great
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persian king
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darius 3
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a culture of egyptian persian and indian cultures combined
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hellenistic
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egyptian city
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alexandria
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author of a geomitric text
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euclid
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studied at alexandria, accuraltey estimated the value of pi
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archimedes
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a hellenistic statue
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colossus of rhodes
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a thinker who uses logic and reason
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philosopher
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