World Chronology: L. 15

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the Dark Age

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From the time of the Trojan War to the time of Homer, Greece is silent in history. There is no literature produced, no important men, no notable events. This period of ancient Greek history is called "the Dark Age" of Greece, lasting from 1175-750 BC.

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Hesiod

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famous Greek poet

wrote the most famous of the Greek creation stories in his poem titled Theogony.

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"Greece"

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a loosely organized set of city-states who ruled themselves independently and normally sought their own interests

all of the cities and states around the Aegean Sea

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Seven Sages of Greece

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philosophers: Thales, Pittacus, Bias, Solon, Cleobulus, Myson, Chilon

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Aesop

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most famous of the Archaic Greek writers

wrote his famous fables sometime after 600 BC

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What was the greatest achievement of the Archaic Greek age?

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The Archaic Greek age's greatest achievements were in politics (government).

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democracy

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the people of the city rule themselves by voting on what actions the city should take or avoid

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politics

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government

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satraps

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governors, who ruled over regions of the empire for the king

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Greco-Persian Wars

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battles between the Persians and the Greeks

lasted for 10 years

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Xerxes

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Persian King Darius's son

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King Darius

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Darius was the Persian king who supported the Jews in rebuilding the temple in Jerusalem and vowed to punish the Athenians for their support of the Greek cities that rebelled against him.

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"Classical" or "Golden Age"

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age of wealth and peace that Athens enjoyed after the Persian Wars

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Socratic Method

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Socrates attacked men who claimed to know something with carefully designed questions that forced them to explain their words exactly so that he might be able to reason clearly and accurately on any topic.

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Plato

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Socrates' most famous student

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Academy

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School where many of Greece's finest students studied Philosophy

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Aristotle

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Plato's famous student

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Lyceum

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School in Athens run by Aristotle

could mean the place of the "wolf-killer" or the place "of light"

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Alexander the Great

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Alexander of Macedon, one of Aristotles students

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St. Thomas Aquinas

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The most famous teacher of Aristotle's ideas in the Catholic Church

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Tragedies

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Tragedies were plays that spoke of bad things happening to normal or good people, making people sad.

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Comedies

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Comedies were plays that spoke of bad things that happened to foolish people, making people laugh.

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Aeschylus

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first great playwright

wrote a tragedy telling of the sad return home of Agamemnon after the Trojan War

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Sophocles

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second great playwright

wrote the most famous of all Greek plays, the tragedy Oedipus the King

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Aristophanes.

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The most famous of the comedians

most famous plays was called the Clouds

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Theodosius I

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Theodosius I established Christianity as the official religion of the Roman Empire and that meant an end to what were considered purely pagan activities--including the Olympic games.

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Herodotus

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Greek historian

wrote the history of the Persian Wars just after they ended.

called the father of history

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Thucydides

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Greek historian

wrote of the Peloponnesian War

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Peloponnesian War

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This war was fought between Athens and Sparta, with other Greek city-states on each side from 431-404 BC.

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Philip II

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king of Macedonia in mid 300s BC

father of Alexander the Great

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3500 BC - 750 BC

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Ancient World

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2000 BC - 1780 BC

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Life of Abraham

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1450 BC - 1410 BC

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Hebrew Exodus

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1200 BC

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Trojan War

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1000 BC - 960 BC

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Reign of King David

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circa 960 BC

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The Temple of Solomon

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753 BC

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City of Rome Founded

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750 BC

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Homer Writes the Iliad & Odyssey

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750 BC - 500 AD

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Classical World

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722 BC

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Assyrian Captivity

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600 - 535 BC

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The Prophet Daniel in Babylon

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586 BC

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Babylonian Captivity

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530 - 450 BC

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Ezra the Scribe

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509 - 31 BC

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The Roman Republic

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480 - 323 BC

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Classical Greece

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500 AD - 1500 AD

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Medieval World

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1500 AD - Present

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Modern World

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What ultimately ruined Greece?

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Who was the Persian War between?

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Persian War was between the Greeks and Persians.

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Who were the Greeks descendents of?

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Javan

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What poet wrote around the same time as Homer?

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Hesiod

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What started the Persian War?

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The Greeks saw the Persians as a threat to their philosophical and political idea of freedom.

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Around what were the lands of Greece centered?

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Aegean Sea

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What nation threatened the Greek's freedom about 500 BC?

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Persia

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What were Persian kings known for?

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The Persian kings had total authority over all of his kingdom and every man, woman and child in it.