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Chapter 5
Greek and medditerain vocab
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History
11th Grade
09/17/2009

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Battle of Marathon
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Battle in the plain of marathon between persians and the atheans. with the persians retreating.
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ostracism
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people voted to see who to banish from the city.
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delian league
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group of city states who were in alliance with Athens.
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peloponnesian war
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war between athens and sparta after the persians were defeated
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olympics
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largest of the greek games, held every four years. provided unlimited pride to winners,n
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parthenon
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built during the hellenistic era, where the temple for the god atheana
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pericles
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held power at the height of Athean times and caused the Greeks to get attached to democracy
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Socrates
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no written work. answer a question with a question. question authority.
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Plato
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created Academy. tress are just shadows in the form of of treeness.
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Oresteia
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only completed greek triology that survived
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Socratic Method
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question with a question
"Question and answer format"
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thucydides
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wrote first history book
History of the Peloponnesian War
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Delphi
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Where the most famous oracle was. Apollo's place of worship.
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Aristotle
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student of Plato. analyzing based on observations and investigation
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Alexander the Great
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king of Macedonia.tutor Aristotle. took over the persian empire
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Macedonia
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Alexander the Great. greeks saw as barbaric. took power of all Greece lead to deft of Persia
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Epicurus
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The founder of a philosophy that came to be know as Epicureanism, believed in freedom for all
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Hellenistic Era
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to emitate greeks. expanded lanuage and ideas
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Stoicism
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happiness, the supreme good could only be obtained by living in harmony with the will of god, inner peace
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Alexandria
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hellenistic capitol of Eygpt
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