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Odysseus
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a Greek hero who took ten years to return to Ithica after

fighting the trojan war

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odyssey
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an early masterpiece of greek literatuer that recounts

the adventures of odyesseus

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cyclops

 

Definition
a mithical one eye giant creature
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peloponnesus
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peninsula of Grece
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Crete
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an island of the agean sea where the minowen culture

developed

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king Minos
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the legendary king of Crete
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City-states
Definition
an independant self governing city and the area surrounding it
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how did geography contribute to Greeces development as a group of individual City-states
Definition
Greece was divided into many small regions by mts. and sea's
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minoen art

 

Definition
frescoes, statues, pottery and jewlry
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minoen trade
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they traded with Egypt,Phonecia and mesopotaimia
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minoen building
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huge palaces with running water
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what was the age of expansion

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the rise of the city-states and development of democracy

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democracy
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a form of government in which the people share the decision
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monarchy
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is system of government in which a king or queen rules over a group of people
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Oligarchy
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a system of government in which a few people rule over a larger group
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tyrant
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a ruler who sees is powered by force sharing it with no one
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banishment
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Wed the Athenians voted to force someone to leave Athens
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Heroditis
Definition
Greek historian
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medics
Definition
Greek word for foreigner
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Barter
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a system of trees in which people exchange good but do not exchange money
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four steps the Greeks took toward democracy
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monarchy, oligarchy, tyranny, democracy
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citizens description
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to be a citizen you had to be 18 years old male and your father had to be a citizen
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citizens rights
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citizens were allowed to vote own land and can be jurors in court
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Citizens responsibilities
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Citizens had to participate in court and wealthy citizens how to contribute for property
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families of citizens
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families of citizens were mostly their wife and children
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families of citizens responsibilities
Definition
all they had to really do was follow the laws
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medics
Definition
most metrics were foreigners
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medics rights
Definition
they were protected by the laws but could not vote or hold office
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Slaves description
Definition
plays with captive Awards some people sold them so into slavery if they where to poornto feed themselves
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slaves responsibilities
Definition
oh babe master and do all the jobs for the master
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wealthy citizens
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will be submissive thought that poor people had too much power
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Athensphysical education
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lots oftraining for boys little for girls
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athens
Definition
at 18 joined the army for 2 years
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sparta
Definition
at age  7 went to barracks soldier retirenment at age 30
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sparta  physical education
Definition
boys and girls giving physical education but boys received cultural education as well
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Athens cultural education
Definition
Athens valued cultural trading only for the boys
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Sparta cultural education
Definition
only boys give it a formal educationtrading for girls was ignored
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athens form of government
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democracy
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sparta form of government
Definition
oligarchy
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"spartan"

 

Definition
a simple lifestyle without luxuries
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helots
Definition
a state slavein ancient sparta
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darius
Definition
persian king who attacked athens at the bay of marathon
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xerxes
Definition
darius's son
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ephors
Definition
one of the 5 selected officials eho had supervisory power over the sparten kings
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inspector
Definition
a person who looks something over carefully
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propose
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to suggest
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barrakcs
Definition
a building where troops live
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disicipline
Definition
strict training of mind,body,or charector
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why did spartand build a strong army
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to protect themselves from a slave uprising
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sparta had what type of government
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oligarchy
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athens government
Definition
monarchy
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greeks lost what battle
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480 bc at Thermoplae
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what enemy did the spartans and the athenians kill
Definition
persians
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