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38 Cards in this Set
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Europa
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Daughter of the king of Phoenicia. a continents name is based off of hers
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zeus
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king of the gods
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minoan civilization
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1750 b.c. to 1500 b.c.
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shrines
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areas dedicated to the honor of the gods and goddesses
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Frescoes
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watercolor paintings done on wet plaster.
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Mycenean
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1400 b.c. to 1200 b.c.
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how are the Myceneans best remembered?
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they are best remembered from their part in the trojan war.
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straits
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narrow water passages that connect medditerainean and black seas.
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the age of homer
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1100 b.c. to 800 b.c.
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what two epic poems gave hints about age of homer life?
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lliad and the odyssey
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phoenician alphabet
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invented by the greeks
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polis
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unique version of greece.
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acropolis
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the high city.
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monarchy
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a government where a king or queen has dominate rule.
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aristocracy
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rule by a landholding elite.
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do greeks believe in polytheistic ways of religion or monotheistic?
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POLYTHEISTIC
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what did greeks call inferior non greeks?
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barbaroi
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who was the wealtheist greek city state and when were the the wealtheist?
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Athens
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direct democracy
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when citizens take part in direct day affairs with the government
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stipend
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fixed salary
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jury
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panel of citizns that help take part in a trial
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ostracism
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to send away a citizen who was thought as a threat to democracy.
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peloponnesian war
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431 B.C. to 404 B.C.
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logic
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rational thinking
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rhetoric
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the art of skillful speaking
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socrates
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An Athenian stonemason and philosopher
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plato
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emphasized the importance in reason. thought men surpass women in mental AND physical tasks.
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aristotle
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plato's most famous student.
he anazlyzed all forms of government and found good and bad examples of each. |
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parthenon
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most famous example of athenian artchitecture
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who were the greatest athenian playwriter's?
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sophocles, aeschylus, and euripides.
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trajadies
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told of human suffering stories that mostly ended in disastor.
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lysistrata
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famous athenian comedy
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philip
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king who gained the throne in 359 b.c.
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who conquered persia
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Alexander
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in what year did alexander take babylon?
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331 b.c.
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how did alexander feel towards his empire as he lay dying?
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"to the strongest"
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assimilated
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the absorbing of ideals
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name some accomplisments of the hellenistic period
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pythagorean theorum and the theory of a heliocentric or sun centered solar system
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