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Classical Age: Greece
Minoans, Mycenaeans, Dorians, Athens, Sparta, Hellenistic
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9th Grade
05/22/2011

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Minoans
Definition
early Greeks
lived on island of Crete
wrote in Linear A
fall due to natural disasters and Mycenaeans
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Arthur Evans
Definition
founded Knossos and the Minoans
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Knossos
Definition
capital of the the Minoans
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fresco
Definition
plaster paintings
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Mycenaeans
Definition
Trojan War
shaft and beehive graves
Linear B writing system
frescos of war
Agamemnon's mask
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Mycenae, Tiryns, Pylos
Definition
three main city-states of the Mycenaeans
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Troy
Definition
where Trojan War took place
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Heinrich Schliemann
Definition
founded Troy and Mycenae
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Dorians
Definition
occupied Greece during the Dark Ages
(period of no writing)
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Homer
Definition
famous storyteller of the Iliad and the Odyssey
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Iliad
Definition
story about the Trojan War
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Odyssey
Definition
story about Odysseus's journey home from the Trojan War
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epic
Definition
a long story (told orally) about a famous or heroic person
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myths
Definition
stories that are not true and usually have supernatural beings
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polis
Definition
city-state
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acropolis
Definition
highest part of a Greek city usually heavily fortified
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agora
Definition
a public open space used for assemblies and markets
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tyrant
Definition
person with the support of the commoners
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Athen
Definition
powerful city
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Draco
Definition
made the Council of Nobles in Athens
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Cleisthenes
Definition
started direct democracy and created the Council of 500 in Athens
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Council of 500
Definition
made of random citizens (males over age of 30)
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Sparta
Definition
another city in Greece
rival city of Athens
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Council of Elders
Definition
special council that made laws in Sparta
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Messenia
Definition
conquered by the Spartans
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helots
Definition
peasants forced to stay on land they worked (Messenians)
Term
Olympics
Definition
in honor of Zeus
on Mt. Olympus
women had own Olympics
Term
hoplites
Definition
foot soldiers
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phalanx
Definition
formation of army
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trireme
Definition
warship
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Persian Wars
Definition
wars between Greece and Persians Empire
(greeks win)
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Marathon
Definition
battle in Persian War where Athens defeats Persians
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Thermopylae
Definition
battle in Persian War where Spartans make a sacrifice at the narrow mountain pass at Thermopylae
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Salamis
Definition
town on Cyprus (myth: thought to have been carried away by Poseidon)
Term
Delian League
Definition
League formed after Persian Wars with Athens as its leader
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Pericles
Definition
statesman who led Athens during much of its "Golden Age"
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direct democracy
Definition
where the people rule directly
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Parthenon
Definition
main temple in Athens
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classical art
Definition
art with serene face, ideal image
Term
tragedy
Definition
drama with a tragic hero who is great but has one tragic flaw that is his downfall (usually excessive pride)
Term
Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides
Definition
famous tragedy writers
Term
comedy
Definition
drama that makes fun of politics and respected people and ideas of the time
Term
Aristophanes
Definition
noted comedy dramatists
Term
Herodotus
Definition
Father of History
Term
Thucydides
Definition
believes that one must learn from history's past mistakes
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Peloponnesian League
Definition
Sparta and allies
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Peloponnesian War
Definition
war between Sparta and Athens
Sparta eventually wins
Term
Socrates
Definition
1st philiospher who was sentenced to death by drinking hemlock
Term
Plato
Definition
student of Socrates
later, founded a school called Academy
Term
Aristotle
Definition
a student of Socrates
famously, tutored Alexander the Great
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Philip II
Definition
king of Macedonia
Term
Macedonia
Definition
located north of Greece
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Thebes
Definition
joined the Greece in defending against King Philip but failed
Term
Chaeronea
Definition
where King Philip II defeats the Greeks
Term
Alexander the Great
Definition
sone of King Philip II
eventually conquered Persian Empire, Greeks, Mesopotamia, and some of India
Term
Hellespont
Definition
Alexander marches across Hellespont into Anatolia and Persia
Term
Granicus, Issus, Gaugamela
Definition
battles against Darius of the Persian Empire
eventually defeats hims
Term
Antigonus
Definition
Alexander's general who gets Greece and Macedonia
Term
Seleucus
Definition
Alexander's general who gets the Persian Empire
Term
Ptolemy
Definition
Alexander's general who gets Egypt
Term
Hellenistic
Definition
culture mixture of Egypt, Persia, India
Term
Alexandria
Definition
city named after Alexander the Great in Egypt
port city
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Euclid
Definition
geometry
Term
Archimedes
Definition
pi
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Stoicism
Definition
live with gods
no desires
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Epicureanism
Definition
gods have no interst in humans
live in pleasure
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