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32 Cards in this Set
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virtue
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act of knowing right and wrong
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kione'
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athenian coinage
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mercenaries
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working or action just for money or reward. fighting for pay or recognition
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gordium knot
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persia
legend that if someone can untie the know with no ends= ruler of world alexander cut it |
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macedonia
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kingdom north of ancient greece
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attic standard
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form of standardized money becomes large in trade. developed by alexander
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hellenization
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spreading of greek ideas
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alexandria
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cities alexander conquered and then named after himself
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assimilation
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to take and incorporate as ones own
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phalanx
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way of fighting w. 2nd and 3rd rows having hooks to hook enemies and pick them up
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satraps
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governer/proving under ancient persians monarchy
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Diogenes
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cynic philosopher
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catapult
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military engine for hurtling stones
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Thebes
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principal state in Boetia
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Plato
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pupil of socrates, major philosopher
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rhetoric
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art of speaking
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aristotle
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Alexander's teacher, philosoher and teacher
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alexander
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king of macedonia, conquered persians
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peloponnesian wars
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wars between sparta and athens
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atomic theory
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everything made up of atoms, when die, atoms fall apart and disperse
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socrates
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philosophic critic at athens
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zeno
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founder of stoic philosophy
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30 tyrants
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30 rulers during rule of sparta
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sisyphus
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ruler of corinth noted for trickery
had to roll a stone up a montain |
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granicus river
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site of first battle in Alexaders invasion of persian empire in 334
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platonic forms
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ideas that exist in heaven
Perfect ideals- Plato |
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epicurus
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founder of epicurean philosophy
simplicity |
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euclid
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author of 300 elements
survey of geometry |
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sophism
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practicing of wisdom
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stoicism
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hellenistic philosophy founded by zeno in the stoa
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Philip
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king of macedonia
father of alexander |
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cynicism
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urged men to live simple and in accordance with ways of nature
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