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Unit Three Greece
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9th Grade
10/03/2012

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Plato
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A great philosopher who lived and worked in Athens who taught that the goal of human beings was to strive for perfection and the highest good
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Oligarchy
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A political system governed by a few people
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Mycenaean
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An ancient civilization in the south of mainland Greece connected to the Minoan civilization of Crete
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Sparta
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The winner of the Peloponnesian
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Olympics
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Ancient athletic games held for the god ZEUS. Today they are held once every four years in a seected country.
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Mount Olympus
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A moubtain in Ancient Greece where many gods and goddesses were believe to live
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Socrates
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Greek philosopher; tried and eecuted for corruptin Athnian youth.
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Athens Golden Age
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is the Greek city-state of Athens in the time from 480 BC-404 BC. this was a period of Athenian political hegemony, economic growth and cultural flourishing formely known as the Golden Age of Athens or the Age of Pericles. The period began in 480 BC when anAthenian-led coalition of city-states
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Dorians
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A civilization associated with a lack of writing who caused the Dark Ages in Greece
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Helots
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a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord
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Phalanx
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special Greek battle formation where soiders formed rows, closely pressed together
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Iron Age
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The period after the Bronze Age when peope used iron tools and weapons
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The Peloponnesian War
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was nancient Greek war fought by Athens and its empire against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta
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Battle of Marathon
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took place in 490 BC, during the first Persian invasion of Greece. It was fought between the citizens of Athens, aided by Plataea, and a Persian force commanded by Dais and Artaphernes. It was the culmination of the first attempt by Persia, under King Drius 1, to subjugate Greece
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Hellenistic Age
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of history is the period which followed the conquests of Alexander the Great. It was also named by the historian J. G> Droysen. During this time, Greek cultural influence and power was at its zenith in Europe and Asia. It is ofen considered a period of transion, sometimes even of decline or decade
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Alexander the Great
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He lived about 356-323 B.C. He was the king of Macedonia from 336-326 B.C. and coquered Greece and Persia
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Epic
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A long narriative poem telling of a hero's deeds
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Peloponneses
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The Southern part of the Greek mainland
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Aristotle
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Philosopher who taught that good conduct meant following a moderate course between extremes
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Minoans
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located on crete, was the first civilization to develop in Greece

 

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Homer
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Ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the liad and the Odyssey
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Solon
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Athenian statesman who made Athens more democratic
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Trogan War
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conflict over vital waterways
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King Darius
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was the third king of Achaemeid Empire
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Draco
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Athenian lawmaker whose code of laws perscribed death for almost every offense
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Philosophers
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a wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a life of reason with equanimity
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