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30 Cards in this Set
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minoans
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crete, trade with mesopatamia(olive oil,potery)
art work |
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mycenae
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greece, borrowed from minoan culture, military focus, pirates&colonists rivals w/ troy 4 trade invaded by dorians
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greek dark ages
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1150-750 b.c.
decline of minoan & mycenaens |
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homer
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blind poet
illliad odessey |
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anthrodomerphic
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gods are created in the image of man act like humans
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olympic games
olympiad |
games-honor zeus
olympiad- four yr period between games |
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city
fortified hill |
polis
acropolis (acro-high) |
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citystate
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basic political unit of greece
acted like own country built at bottom of hill |
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sparta
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strength- military-warrior life
symbol-elephant oligarchy PELOPONNESIAN LEAGUE |
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athens
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strength-navy-individuals
symbol-whale king-oligarchy-archin-tyranny DELIAN LEAGUE |
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persian wars
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marathon
thermopylae salamis bay |
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battle of marathon
persians/ athenians |
persian king darius 1
persians-strong calvary(greece-mountains)-out numbered greeks greeks charge |
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battle of thermopylae
persians/athenians+spartans |
darius-slave-rember greeks
xerxes-son of darius sparta- defense @ thermopylae mtn pass (300)delayed inevitable greeks betrayed retreat to athens |
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battle of Salamis bay
persians/athenians |
xerxes captures athens, athenian fleet hides in salamis bay lures persian fleet.. just like thermopylae, cant compete with athenian navy ships were running into each other
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democracy
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rule by the people
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monarchy
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rule by one
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oligarchy
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rule by few
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tyranny
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rule by force
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anarchy
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breakdown of the governmrnt and order
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Hippocrates
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medicine
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Thucydides
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peloponisian war
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Homer
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poet
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Herodotus
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father of history
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Aristotle
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syllogism/logic
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Aristophanes
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comedy
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Thales of Miletus
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father of philosophy
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erastothenes
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astronomy and geography
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Sophocles
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tragedy
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peloponnesian war
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sparta jealous of athens,athens plague. sparta alliance with persians wipe out athenian fleet greeks become more disunited
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alexander the great
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horse-bucephalus, tutored by aristotle,army 8yr march refused to go any further died in babylon on return from greece, empire divded into 4 sections
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