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Ch. 10 HMS
City-States HMS
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03/21/2005

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mercenaries
Definition
hired soldiers
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Pericles
Definition
"first citizen" of Athens
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Xerxes
Definition
Persian king, son of Darius; won Battle of Thermopylae
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Darius
Definition
Persian king during First Persian War he was defeated at the Battle of Marathon
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triremes
Definition
warships that have 3 levels of rowers on each side
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Thermopylae
Definition
battle in a narrow mountain pass in which the Greeks lost but slowed the Persians
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democratic
Definition
favoring the equality of all people
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constitution
Definition
set of principles or rules for governing
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oligarchy
Definition
form of government in which a few people have the ruling power
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Nike
Definition
Greek goddess of victory
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perioeci
Definition
merchants and artisans who lived in Sparta; they were neither enslaved people or citizens
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helots
Definition
enslaved people owned by the city-state
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aristocrats
Definition
nobles; they only trained for the army and war
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agora
Definition
open area used as a marketplace
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acropolis
Definition
fortified hill at the center of the city-state
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Cleisthenes
Definition
put into effect the world's first democratic constitution
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polis
Definition
city-state
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ephors
Definition
5 managers chosen by the Spartan Assembly to take charge of public affairs and guide the education of young Spartans
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magistrates
Definition
judges
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Marathon
Definition
battle unexpectedly won by the greeks
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lead the army
conduct religious services
Definition
2 duties of the 2 Spartan kings
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Assembly
Definition
this group held the real power in Spartan government
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5 ephors
Definition
led the Spartan Assembly
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Council of Elders
Definition
men over 60 who helped the assembly rule
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Draco
Definition
executed people who spit in the street
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Peisistratus
Definition
lower class hero who gave land to the poor
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Solon
Definition
prepared a constitution that limited how much land a person could own
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Cleisthenes
Definition
allowed every citizen a chance to be in the Council of 500
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freedom of speech
Definition
reform from the Road to Democracy that is important in the USA today
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-educating their sons
-allowing more people to participate in government
Definition
2 common ideas shared by the Athenian reformers
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