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24 Cards in this Set
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Polis
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Independently governed political unit made up at a city and surrounding villages.
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Acropolis
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Fortified hilltop with temples honoring the gods.
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Monarchy
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A government ruled by kings or queen-succession usually follows family bloodlines.
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Solon
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Trusted statesman who in 594 BC outlawed debt slavery, let citizen have voice in government, promoted trade.
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Aristocracy
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Government ruled by small group of nobles, land owning families.
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Phalanx
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Military formation where foot soldiers stood side by side, holding a spear in one hand and a shield in the other.
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Tyrant
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Powerful individuals that gained control of the government by appealing to the poor and the discontented.
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Helots
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State owned slaves
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Democracy
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Government ruled by the people (citizens)
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Persian Wars
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Between greece and persian empire that had 3 major battles: Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis. Greeks won in 479 BC Wars lasted 11 years.
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Spartans
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Military, regimented people where individual was not important, Sparta was everything.
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Olympic Games
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Games where most athletic men gathered in Olympia to compete for gods.
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agora
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public center
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Oligarchy
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A government ruled by a few powerful people(nobles and merchants).
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Hoplite
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A shiled that covered half of the soldier's body (Foot soldiers).
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Sparta
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Southern part of Greece (military state).
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Athens
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Rocky hill in eastern Greece, North of Sparta.
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Cleisthenes
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Athenian leader that further reformed Athens and broke up power of nobles.
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Darius
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Persian Kung that was defeated by the Greeks.
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Marathon
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Northeast of Athens on Plain.
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marathon
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Run named after Pheidippes 25 mile run from Marathon to Athens.
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Xerxes
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Son and Persian successor of Darius
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Thermopylae
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Narrow mountain pass where Spartans held back Xerxes.
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Salamis
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Island a few miles southwest of Athens.
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