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12 Cards in this Set
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triremes
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warships with three levels
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delian league
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a protective group formed by several Greek city states
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darius
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persian leader who initiated the persian war
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xerxes
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persian leader who was the son of darius
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battle of marathon
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this first greek victory gave teh greeks confidence in their battle against the persians
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battle of thermopylae
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persian victory over the greeks because of a traitor assistiing the persians
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battle of plateau
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the battle that ended the persian war
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pericles
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first citizen of athens, led for 30 years
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oligarchy
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form o fgovernment in which a few people have the ruling power
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mercenaries
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hired soldiers
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parthenon
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the temple of the goddess athena
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salamis
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island to which the athenians fled during the persian wars
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