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12 Cards in this Set
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peloponnesus
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penninsula of southern greese
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constituition
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the plan of government
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Attica
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a peninsula of central Greece
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Draco
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first of the leaders issued and improved code of laws in 621 b.c
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Solon
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poet-lawmaker became the leaderof Athens in 594 b.c
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Peisistratus
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in 546 b.c he took over the government of Athens
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Cleisthenes
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the fourth leader to help reform Athens, came to power in 508 b.c.
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rhetoric
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the art of public speaking to their studies
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Ionia
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it was conquered by the greek city-states lled by Cyrus II
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Darius I
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defeated the Ionians, punished the mainland Greeks for helping the rebels
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Marathon
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25 miles north of Athens
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Xerzes
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Invaded Greece from the North this time with 200,000 soldiers.
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