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15 Cards in this Set
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define monothesism
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belief in 1 god
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defien polythesism
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belief in many gods
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what is an Acropolis
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a hilltop in an ancinet greek city
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what is a polis
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a greek city state
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define epic
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a long heroic poem that tells the story of a historical or legendary hero
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what 2 most powerful greek city states and objectives of each
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sparta was to build a strong army and athens was to build a strong democracy
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that as the Hellenistic Age
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it was a time when scientific and cultural achievements were created
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what cities fought in the Peloponnesian War and when
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sparta and athens in 431 B.C
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who were the athenian reformers
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solon, pisistratus, and cleisthenes
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what is a republic
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a political unit that is not rules by a monoarch and in which citizens w/ the right to choose their leader
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define dicator
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a leader who had absolute power to make laws and commad the army
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what is the 200 years period of roman peace called
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the pax romanana
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who was the enemy of rome in the punic wars
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carthage
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describe the steps of caesar to gain power
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he gave great speeches and threw lavish parties for influential politician
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what were the first written laws
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the twelve tables
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