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Greece & Rome
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History
10th Grade
09/12/2012

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CITY-STATE
Definition
Political unit made up of a city and the surrounding lands 
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SPARTA
Definition
City-State in ancient Greece 
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ATHENS 
Definition
City-State in ancient Greece 
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VETO
Definition
Power to block a government action 
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CARTHAGE
Definition
Ancient city-state in North Africa 
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BARBARIAN
Definition
Non-Greek speakers
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GALEN
Definition

-Early greek surgen

-performed brain, eye, and heart surgery

-published books with extensive information about the human anatomy

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ARISTARCHUS
Definition

-studied the sphericl nature of the earth

-understood the massive distance between the earth and the stars 

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HIPPARCHUS
Definition

-made realistic estimates of the sun and moon 

-closely calculated moon movements

-calculated the year to 6.5 min

-developed triginometry to aid his work 

-cataloged star charts 

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EUCLID
Definition

-"Elements" was the first systomatic discussion of geometry

-it is one of the most influencial books in history 

-content: axiomatic geometry, number theory, proofs

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SOPHOCLES
Definition

-"the fater of tragedy"

-plays: oedipus Rex,antigon,ajax

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EURIPIDES
Definition
plays: electra, the trojan women 
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CITIZEN
Definition
legaly recognized subject
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PERSIAN WAR
Definition
persian war#1 => unification of Greek city-states => delian league => persian war#2 / also Golden age of Athens => pelopanesian war => the fall of athens 
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SOCRATIC METHOD
Definition
education through questioning 
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DELIAN LEAGUE 
Definition
all Greek city-states unified to protec themsleves against pesria
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Alexander the GREAT 
Definition

-conquered all of greece and persia 

-conquered an empire that stretched more than 2000 miles from mediterranean sea aacross the middle east to caentral asia nad india 

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PATRICIANS
Definition
people with high rankings and with a lot of money
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PLEABIANS
Definition
people with no money and that are slaves
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PUNIC WAR
Definition
3 wars between Romans and Carthage(rome won all 3)
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JULIUS CAESAR
Definition
had completed the qonquest of Gaul(51bce)and forced to senate to make him dictator 
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ROMANS EXPANSIONS AND EMPIRE
Definition

-as Rome's political system evolved at home its armies expanded Roman power across Italy 

-Rome controlled most of the Itallian peninsula(270bce)

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