World Civ Test 2

Front 1

Philip of Macedonia

Back 1

-third son of macedonian king
-sent to greece as peace agreeent
-wanted to unite all of greece
-aquired the throne after first 2 bros died
-joined many of greek city states under his rule
-athens and thebes did not want to join with philip
-fought battle of chaeronea against thebes and won
-build 2nd league of corinth
-disbanded sacred truth
-gave greeks a common enemy
-father of alexander the great

Front 2

Solon

Back 2

-Member of aeriopagus
-critic of aeriopagus
-was elected archon of athens
-freed debt slaves
changed athens produc from wheat to olives(richer)
-drop value of dravma, more people can move into city
-created council of 400, allowed commoners to run for judges

Front 3

Sparta

Back 3

*major polis in southern Greece
- People were refered to as laconians
-slaves were called helots
-they were tough - priced strength and toughness
-had dual kingship
-had gerusia - body of elders of 30 men to propose motions
-to be citizen , one must be hoplite and serve on campaign
-fought persians at thermopolaye

Front 4

Delian league

Back 4

-After defeating persians at battle of salamis athens wanted to bring fight to persians
-joined together most greek city-states to fight persians and regain ionian city states
-was created on island of delos
-would not let some city states leave after successfully regaining ionian city states
-helped athens become an empire
-wanted to gain control of the meditareanin
-was disbanded by the corinth league

Front 5

Plato

Back 5

-greek philosopher
- Created the Academy , taught his students , and his students taught other students
- believed in higher spiritual realms only the mind can grasps
-to get to higher realm , one needed knowledge
- he wrote "the republic"

Front 6

Democritus

Back 6

-Greek philosopher
-believed everything was made out of atoms
-first atomic theory
-believed when somthing dead, it became part of somthing else

Front 7

Clisthenes

Back 7

- aristocrat
-father of athenian democracy
-created equality and set a seperate ruling governent from the commoners and the nobles
-devided attica planes into demes
-demes voted according to demes instead of each man for himself

Front 8

Socrates

Back 8

Teacher of plato
believed humans perception is flawed but can be fized
created socratic method of questioning, used to question people's beliefs
-died for his own beliefs

Front 9

peloponnesian war

Back 9

Fought after the persian war
fought between athens and sparta
the athenians fled in fear of spartan army
they hid behind Athenian walls
got break out of the plague
athens surrendered to sparta in 404 bc
gave up itself as a city-state and gave up all foreign possessions