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Auzenne World History
Questions 44-47
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History
12th Grade
12/12/2012

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44) Thales of Miles
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45) Athenian Democracy
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46) The Battle of Marathon
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- Great Battle between the Greeks( mainly Athens and Plateans) and Persians (under King Darius' generals)
- Took place in 490 B.C. During the Persian Wars
- Around 10,000 Greeks and 25,000 Persians
- Was the first greek victory in the Persian War
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47) The Debtor Trap
Definition
Mainly with farmers, Some barbarians were better farmers than others, then the less skilled farmers would begin to borrow things from the better farmer. The better or wealthier farmer would then claim the other farmer owes him service or needs to pay up, the idea of the "Trap" was that once you got into debt you couldn't get out and would become some form of peasant or a slave
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