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42 Cards in this Set
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Epic Poem
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ia a long poem that tells the deeds of a great hero
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Crete
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southeast of the Greek mainland, called the Minoan civilization between 2000 and 1450 B.C.
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Minoans
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went to Egypt as well as southern Greece in search of goods
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Mycenaeans
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the destruction was the result of invasion by mainland Greeks known as these
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Homer
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the most famous of all their suppossed military adventure has come down to us in the poetry of him, Mycenaean Greeks led by Agamemnon
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Polis
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city-state called by Greeks- became the central focus of Greeks life.
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Acropolis
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the top of the hill was a fortified area
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Agora
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an open area that served as a place where people could assemble and as a market
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Hoplite
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who were heavily armed infantry soldiers, or foot soldiers
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Phalanx
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Hoplites went into battle as a unit marching soulder to shoulder in a rectangular formation
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Democracy
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is govenment by people or rule of the many
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Oligarchy
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rule by few
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Helot
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spartans captured people, a name derived form a Greek word for "capture"
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Ephor
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were elected each year and were responsible for education of youth and conduct of all citizens
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Aristotle
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Greek philosopher, argued that a citizen didnt belong just to himself or herself
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Solon
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a reformminded aristocrat, canceled all land debtsand freed people who had fallen into slavery for debts.
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Cleisthenes
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2 years later, with the backing of Athenian people another reformer, gained the upper hand
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Age of Pericles
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this period of Athenian and Greek history, which historians have, saw the height of Athenian power and brillance
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Direct Democracy
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the people participate directly in govern't decision making through mass meetings
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Ostracism
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to protect themselves(Athenians)against overly ambitious politicians
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Darius
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persian ruler, who seek revenge on Athenian Navy
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Xerxes
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became the new Persian monarch
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Pericles
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who was a dominant figure in Athenian politics between 461 to 429 B.C. Athens expanded its hew empire abroad
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Ritual
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are ceremonies or rites
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Oracle
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a sacred shrine where a god or goddess revealed the priestess
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Tragedy
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which were presented in a trilogy(a set of 3 plays) built around a common theme
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Philosophy
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refers on an organized system of thought it means in Greek "love of wisdom."
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Socratic Method
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of teaching uses a question-and-answer format to lead pupils to see things for themselves by using their own reason
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Aeschylus
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composer of complete trilogy we possess today, called Oresteria, 3 plays related the fate of Agamemnon, Trojan War Hero
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Sophocles
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Athenian play wrighter, whose most famous play was Oedipus Rex.
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Pythagoras
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Familiar to geometry students for his Pythagorean theorem, taught that the essence of universe could be found in music and numbers
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Socrates
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the critics of Sophists, a stonemason, whose true love was philosophy
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Plato
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one of Socrates' students, considered by many the greatest philosopher of western civilization
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Stocism
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another school, it became the most popular philosophy of the Hellenistic world and later flourised in Roman Empire
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Epicureanism
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epicurus, the founder of philosophy came to be known as this, established a school in Athens near the end of 4th century
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Phillip II
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came to the throne in 359 B.C. he built a powerful army and turned Macedonia into chief power of Greek
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Alexander the Great
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was only 20 when he became king of Macedonia, unified Greece mixed all the cultures
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Hellenistic Era
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Alexander created this new age, Hellenistic mean in Greek " to imitate Greeks"
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Eratosthenes
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a stronomer determined that earth was round ans calculated miles an estimated that was within 200 miles
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Archimedes
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famous scientist of Hellenistic period of Syracuse
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Euclid
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mathematician wrote the Elements a textbook on a plane geometry
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Thucydides
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the greatest historian of the ancient world, was an Athenian general in battle led the Athenian assembly to send him into exile
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