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17 Cards in this Set
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Cavalary |
A unit of soldiers mounted on horses |
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Cyrus the Great |
king of the Persians and Medes who won independence for the persians and conquered the Medes; Founder of the Persian Empire |
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Darius I |
ruler of the Persian empire who called himself the king of kings; restored order to the empire and built a new capital called Persepolis |
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Persian Wars |
A series of wars between Persia and Greece beginning in 490 BC |
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Xerxes I |
Persian ruler who was defeated in his attempt to conquer Greece in 480 BC |
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Alliance |
An agreement to work together |
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Peloponnesian War |
A war between Athens and Sparta in the 400s BC |
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Philip II |
king of Maedonia from 359 to 336 BC who conquered Greece |
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Phalanx |
A group of warriors who stood close together in a square |
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Alexander the Great |
King of Macedonia who built the largest empire the world had ever seen |
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Hellenistic |
Greek-like; Heavily influenced by greek ideas |
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Socrates |
Greek teacher and thinker who wanted to make people think and question their beliefs; accused of questioning the authority of the gods and condemned to death |
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Plato |
Teacher and philosopher who believed in an ideal society based on justice and fairness to everyone that would be run by philosophers |
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Aristole |
Greek thinker who taught that people should live lives of moderation and balance |
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Reason |
Clear and ordered thinking |
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Euclid |
Greek scientist interested in the study of Geometry
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Hippocrates |
Great Greek doctor who is known for his ideas on how doctors should behave |
