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b Ancient Greece
pg 121-130
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History
10th Grade
09/18/2009

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Term
polis
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The term for Greek city-state. It was the characteristic form of political organization in Southern Greece.
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hoplite
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A heavily armored Greek infantry man who fought in a close packed formation.
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democracy
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A system of government in which all citizens have equal political and legal rights, privileges and protections, as in the Greek city-states of Athens.
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Pericles
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Aristocratic leader who guided the Athenian city-state through the transformation of democracy for all male citizens.
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tyrant
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The term Greeks used to describe someone who seized and help power in violation of the normal procedures. They unwittingly contributed to the evolution of the democracy.
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Herodotus
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Invented "historia" in the late Archaic period. He traced and the
Persian Wars between the Greek city-states and the Persian Empire.
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Herodotus
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Invented "historia" in the late Archaic period. He traced the Persian Wars between the Greek city-states and the Persian Empire.
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Athens
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This city possessed a relatively large land amount and population ,located on the entire of Attica. Made the first democracy between the Assembly, Council of 500 and People's Courts.
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Sparta
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Instead of sending colonies out, this city invaded Messenia and took then over. They denoted them to helots and made them do all the work, while almost all men were professional soldiers.
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