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17 Cards in this Set
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Cyrus the Great
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a man who's name was Cyrus and he was so successful he was renamed Cyrus the Great.
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cavalry
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a unit of horses that have soldiers to ride them.
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Darius l
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claimed the throne and killed his rivals for power.
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Persian Wars
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an invasion in a series of wars between Persia and Greece.
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Xerxes l
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tried to conquered Greece again.
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alliance
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or an agreement to work together.
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Peloponnisian War
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a war between Athens and Spartans threatened to tear Greece apart.
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Phillip l
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became the king of Macedonia.
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phalanx
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was a group of warriors who stood close together in a square.
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Alexander the Great
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a man who made very important efforts.
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Hellenistic
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or Greek like.
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Socrates
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he believed that all people should never stop believing in knowledge.
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reason
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or clean and ordered thinking.
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Euclid
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he was interested in geometry the study of lines, angles, and shapes.
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Hippocrates
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he wanted to figure out what caused discease so he could stop it.
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Plato
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was a student of Socrates.
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Aristole
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Plato's student.
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