 | Term | Definition |
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polis |
city state |
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acropolis |
a fortified area at the top of a hill |
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agora |
an open area that served as a place where people could assemble, and used as a market |
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hoplites |
heavily armed infantry soldiers, or foot soldiers, common people protecting their rights with weapons |
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phalanx |
a unit, marching shoulder to shoulder in a rectangular formation |
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democracy |
govenment by the people or rule of the many |
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oligarchy |
rule by the few |
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elots |
a name derived from a greek word for "captive" |
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ephors |
a group of 5 men elected each year and were responsible for the education of youth and the condust of all citizens |
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Minoan civilization |
great trading civilization that started in Crete, known for pretty pottery and mosaics |
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mycenae |
2nd greatest city to grow in Greece |
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Iliad adn Oddysey |
by homer |
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Athens |
democracy started in... |
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coinage |
helps make common peoplle wealthier, can become rich without being born into land |
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Solon |
set up the first "congress", council of 400 |
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Pisitratus |
reformer, significantly reduced the power of royalty, redistributed lands, equality |
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Cleisthenes |
reated council of 500, made it easier to become a citizen |
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Battle of Marathon |
490 B.C., Athens army is a third of what Persian's army is, Athens has to outsmart them to win |
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Iran |
was once Persia |
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Battle of Salamis |
decisive military battle- Persia defeated |
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Parthenon |
most famous building, dedicated to Athena |
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trilogy |
a set of 3 plays, tragedy |
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aeschylus |
the only complete trilogy was created by him |
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Pythagoras |
the essence of the universe could be found in music and numbers |
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sophists |
group of traveling teachers, said pythagoras was foolish, thought is was more important for individuls to improve themselves, viewed as dangerous to the values of young people |
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hellenic |
greek |
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hellenistic |
greek imitators |
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philosophy |
love of wisdom, seekers of the truth adn the meaning |
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Socates |
questioned all ideas, admitted his own limitations, encouraged young people to challenge authority, tried for corrupting youth, people chould know thyself |
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Plato |
student of socrates, started a school called The Academy, most famous book The Republic, said we could create the perfect society, utopia |
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Aristotle |
logical connections, syllogism, inference |
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dues ex machina |
solve somthing really quickly in drama of peope are getting bored |
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Aristophanes, Euripides, and sophocles |
greeek playwrights |
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