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12 Cards in this Set
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Early Greece
Minoan Crete |
Knossus - Advanced culture
Tsunami destroyed this empire |
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The First Greek States
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Powerful Monarchies - Mycenae
Mycenae Destroyed |
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Greek Dark Age
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Period of Decline
Homer - wrote the Iliad -> trojan horse --wrote the Odyssey |
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The Greek City-States
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The Polis - City States
Phalanx infantry formation (shield and spear) |
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Colonization and Growth of Trade
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Migration and Colonies
Tyrants Corinth |
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Sparta
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5 villages
Helots - basically slaves Messenia conquered by Sparta *New Sparta - Lycurgus' reform -boys taken at age 7 --trained for war for the rest of their lives -age twenty enrolled in the army -30 could vote in assembly spartan women - stayed at home and raised children |
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Spartan Government
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Oligarchy - two kings from different families
Council of elders - 28 citizens over age 40 Assembly - made up of all citizens --ephors - college of 5 elected annually by the assembly Isolationism - No Spartan left except for war - few visitors Peloponnesian League |
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Athens
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Draco - Published harsh laws applied equally to all
Solon - Economic and political reforms Cleisthenes - ten tribes - council of 500 |
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The Challenge of Persia
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Ionian Revolt successful
Darius' Persian Invasion - Battle of Marathon - outnumbered greeks defeat the persians Athenian Navy advocated by Themistocles Xerxes' Invasion of Greece - 150k men 1.2k ships -Bridge of ships at Hellespont -naval battle of Salamis -Battle of Plataea |
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Age of Pericles
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Delian League - defeats persia
Pericles - democracy -assembly - all males over 18 -council of 500 - elected by lot from the 10 tribes -board of 10 generals - elected by the assembly |
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The Peloponnesian War
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Athens war strategy - (naval) stay inside walls - naval attacks
Spartan War Strategy - (land) try to get athens on the ground Plague Cleon - War Nicias - Peace Athens invades sicily |
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The Greek Love of Wisdom
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Socrates - socratic method
Plato - The republic, the academy Aristotle - tutor of Alexander the great, politics |
