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21 Cards in this Set
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What did Cleisthenes do whike in power?
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created a new council of 500, creation of first democracy,ostracism began
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What did the council of 500 do?
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supervised foreign affairs, oversaw the treasury, and proposed laws
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What did Draco do while in power?
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made up a code of law, dealt with contract and property ownership, continued practice of debt slavery
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acquired rule illegally
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tyranny
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all members have a title
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aristocracy
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a long poem that tells the deeds of a great hero
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epic poem
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the greek term for escellence, which heroes strove to attain
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arete
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greek word for a city-state
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polis
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a fortified area at the top of a hill in a Greek city-state
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acropolis
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an open area below the acropolis where people would assemble and where the market was located
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agora
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heavily armed infantry soldiers
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hoplites
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a rectangular formation used by hoplites to create a wall of shields
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phalanx
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rule of many
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democracy
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rule by few
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oligarchy
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people captured by the spartans
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helots
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a group of five men who were elected each year by the spartans and who were responsible for the education of the youth and the conduct of all citizens
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ephors
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what did sparta emphasize?
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duty,discipline, and stregnth
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what kind of government did sparta have?
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totalitarian oligarchy
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spartan law giver
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lycurgus
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What did Solon do while in power?
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cancelled all land debts, freed people who were slaves because of their debts, neglected land reforms, began new legal system
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What did Psistratus do while in power?
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prvided funds for peasants to alow them to buy farm equipment, gave aristocrats land to the peasants in order to please the poor, abolished law that allowed only land owners to become citizens and vote
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