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unit 3 greece
ancient greece
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9th Grade
10/04/2012

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Draco
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A great philosopher who lived and worked in athen who taught that the goal of human beings was to strive for perfection and the highest good.
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Oligarcy
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A political system governed by a few peoople.
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Mycenaean
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An ancient civilization in the south mainland greece connected to the minoan civilization of crete.
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Olympics
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Ancient athletic games held for the god zues. Today they are held once every 4 years in a selected country.
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Sparta
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the winner of the peloponnesian.
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Mount Olympus
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A mountain in ancient greece where many gods godesses were belived to live.
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Socrates
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Greek philosopher; tried and executed for corrupting athenian youths.
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Athens Golden Age
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is the greek city-state of athens in the time from 480 BC-404 BC. this was a period of athenian political hegemony economic growth and cultural flourishing formerly known as the golden age of athens or the period began in 480 BC when an athenian-led coalition of city-states,k.
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Dorians
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a civilization with the lack of writing who caused the dark ages in greece.
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Helots
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(medieval Europe)a person who is bound to the land and qwned by the feudal lord.
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Phalanx
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Special greek battle formation were soldiers rows, closely pressed togeter.
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Iron Age
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The period afther the bronze age when people used iron tools and weapons.
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The Peloponnesian war
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was an ancient greek wwar fought by athens and its empire against the peloponnesian league led by sparta.
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Battle Of Marathon
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took place in 490 BC, during the first persian invasion of greece. it was fought between the citizens of athens, atded by plataea, and a persian force commanded by datis and artaphemes. it was culmination of the first attempt by persia, under king Darius 1, to subjugate greece.
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Hellenistic age
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of history is the period which followed the conquests of alxander the great. it was so named by the historian J.G.Droysen. during this time, greek cultural influence and power was at its zenith in europe and asia. it is often considered a period of transition, sometimes even of decline or decade.
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Alexander The Great
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He lived from about 356-323 B.C. He was the king Macedonia from 336-326 B.C. and conquered greece and persia.
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Epic
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a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds.
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Peloponnese
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the soouthern part of the greek mainland.
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Minoans
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the minoans, located on crete, was the first civilization to develop in greece.
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Homer
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Ancient greek epic poet who is believed to have written the lliad and the Odyssey.
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Solon
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Athenian statesman who made athens more democratic.
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Trojan war
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conflict over vital waterways (often romanticized because of an overgrown "horse" and a woman named Helen).
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King Darius
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was the third king of the achaemenld empire. Also called Darius the great, he ruled the empire at its peak, when it included much of the west asia, caucasus, central asia, parts of the balkans.(Bugaria-Romania-Pannonia) portions of north and northeast africa including Egypt(mudraya),[1]eastern.
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Draco
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Athenian lawnmaker whose code of laws prescrbed death for almost every offense(circa 7th century BC).
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Philosopher
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A wise person who is calm rational; someone who lives a life of reason with equanimity.
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Plato
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Philosopher who taught that good conduct meant following a moderater course between extremes.
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