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GREECE
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10th Grade
11/08/2009

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Minoans
Definition
where: Crete
when: 1750BC - 1500BC
-traded with Mesopotamia and Egypt
-worshiped a bull and a mother goddess
-allowed women to appear in public
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Mycanaeans
Definition
who: Indo-European people who conquered Greece and Crete
when: 1400BC - 1200BC
-traded with Sicily, Italy, Egypt, and Mesopotamia
-learned to write from the Minoans
-lived in city-states
-Trojan War (1250)
-taken over by the Dorians and fleed to Persia and became the Ionians
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Dorians
Definition
1100BC
-warlike tribe
-conquered Mycanaeans
-lead into the dark age
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Ionians
Definition
-Mycanaeans who fleed to Persia after the Trojan War
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Polis
Definition
city-state in ancient Greece
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Acropolis
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-the highest most fortified point within a city-state
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Aristocracy
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-a government ruled by a privileged minority
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Oligarchy
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-a government ruled by a few people
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Helots
Definition
-Sparta
-people from conquered city-states who are now slaves
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Athens Golden Age
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-democracy: every male citizen 30 and over could participate
-women: 2nd class citizen
-boys would get education and girls wouldn't
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Parthenon
Definition
-temple in Athens
-great example of Greece Architecture
-Greek pillars
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Solon
Definition
-outlawed debt slavery
-made it easier to become a citizen
-exported olive oil--increased demand
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Cleisthenes
Definition
-gave the citizens a greater role in government
-created a council of 500
-made the assembly a legislature and all male citizens over 30 were members
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Pericles
Definition
-direct democracy: citizens were more involved
-paid government members and jury members (stipend)
-Funeral Oration
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Plato
Definition
-Socrates' pupil
-no faith in democracy
-stressed reason and rational thinking
-ideal society: 3 classes (workers, soldiers, and philosophers)
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Aristotle
Definition
-hated democracy and favored monarchy
-golden mean
-European universities
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Herodotus
Definition
-historian
-style: research, went beyond retelling
-importance: wrote of the Persian War
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Thucydides
Definition
-historian
-style:non-biased
-importance: Peloponnesian war
-Funeral Oration
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