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41 Cards in this Set
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minoans
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built a great civilization
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frescoes
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paintings made of wet plaster walls
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mycenaeans
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from the greek mainland conquered central crete
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polis
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usually developed around a fort
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acropolis
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hill
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agora
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marketplace
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iliad and odyssey
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epics
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homer
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write iliad and odyssey
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myths
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traditional stories told about gods and goddesses
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oracles
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greeks believed that gods would speak threw priests and priestess in this special place
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olympic games
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athletic contests held every 4 years in honor of zeus
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aristocracies
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meant "rule by the best"
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hoplite
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emerged in many parts of greek
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tyrants
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someone who illegally took power but had the peoples support
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popular government
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idea that people can and should rule themselves
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democracy
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government in which citizens take part
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helots
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were conquered people
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ephors
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five officials in ancient sparta
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metics
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group in athenian society
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archons
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rulers who served one year terms
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draco
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is believed to have created athens first written law code around 621 b.c
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solon
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became an archon in 594 b.c
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peisistratus
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ruled over athens as a tryant
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cleisthenes
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seized power in athens and turned it into a democracy
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direct democracy
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form of democracy that athens had under cleisthenes
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representative democracy
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united states democracy
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terracing
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means carving small, flat pots of land from hill side
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import
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good or service that is brought from another country or region
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export
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good or service that is sold from another country or region
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pedagogue
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male slave who taught a young boy manners
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sappoh
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sleep darling
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sophists
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opened schools for older male boys
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ethics
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deals with good and bad
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rhetoric
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was the study of oratory or public speaking
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persian war
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huge conflicts ended up as this war
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battle of marathon
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athenians defeated the persians
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battle of thermopylae
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bought the other city states time to prepare food
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themistocles
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athens leader
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delian league
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an alliance of city states with athens leaders
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pericles
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great general, oratator, and statesmen
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peloponnesian war
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war between sparta and athens broke out between 431 b.c
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