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World Civ
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History
Undergraduate 1
03/05/2013

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polis
Definition
greek city-states
consisted of a town and its surroundings
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sparta
Definition
located on east coast of greece
likely Dorian invaders
all adult males were soldiers
Term
helots
Definition
unfree farm laborers
lived miserably
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life of a spartan
Definition
at birth, examined for defects
age 7, began military training
age 20, live in barracks with same group
age 30, can be married and live with wife
age 60, retirement
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woman in sparta
Definition
could own property and inherit
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phalanx
Definition
formation of the military
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Solon
Definition
chief of Archon
poet,general,politician
new constitution
introduced social reforms
"peoples court"
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Cleisthenes
Definition
"father of Democracy"
re-drew boundaries for voting
established 10 regions
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Persian War
Definition
Term
Marathon
Definition
symbolic and military win for athens
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Thermopylae
Definition
Term
Sophists
Definition
"wise men"
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Socrates
Definition
born 469 bce
studies natural science(socratic method)
hated sophists
first to make ethics and morality a central concern
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downfall of Socrates
Definition
charged with "corrupting the youth of Athens"
executed by lethal dose of hemlock
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Plato
Definition
student of Socrates
hated democracy
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Platos legacy
Definition
The Academy
The republic
Term
the republic
Definition
writes about politics and perfect society
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Sappho
Definition
wrote on love, lived on lesbos
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Sophocles
Definition
Oedipus stories
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Darius
Definition
cousin of cyrus
expanded empire to indus river valley
biggest failur was greece
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Zoroastrianism
Definition
monotheistic
Ahura Mazda-"the wise lord"
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Zoro beliefs
Definition
fire is symbalic
people have free will
after life
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Philip of Macedon
Definition
neutralizes family members
murdered by guard
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Alexander
Definition
aristotle was his teacher
died from a fever
Term
Cynics
Definition
led by Diogenes
needed little to survive
Term
Herophilius
Definition
anatomist
Term
Etruscans
Definition
technologically sophisticated
defeated by the greeks
Term
Romulus and Remus
Definition
founders of rome
twins
father was mars, mother vestal virgin
Term
plebeians
Definition
commoners
law of 12 tables
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Carthage
Definition
originally settled by phoenicians
3x larger than rome
Term
Punic wars
Definition
3 wars
Rome and Carthage
first war was 23 years
Term
Hannibal
Definition
invades rome
army included elephants
Term
Spartacus
Definition
led one of the most famous slave uprisings
killed in battle
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Tiberius Gracchus
Definition
A Plebeian Tribune
introduced land reform
clubbed to death
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Gaius Gracchus
Definition
fight for reform
advocates positive changes
him and supporters are murdered
Term
Julius Caesar
Definition
military commander
gov of Gaul and Spain
Term
Pompey
Definition
able commander
married Julia Caesar
Term
first triumvirate
Definition
Crassus, Caesar, Pompey
made a pact to support eachother
Term
Octavius
Definition
nephew of Caesar
rushed to rome to avenge caesar
Term
Antony
Definition
ally of caesar
politician and general
Term
Donations of Alexandria
Definition
Antony gives a portion of Roman empire to his new family
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Nero
Definition
tried to kill agrippina
killed his wife
killed new wife
kills himself
Term
Marcus Aurelius
Definition
able ruler
wrote Meditations
last of the "five good emperors"
Term
Pax Romana
Definition
augustus >> Marcus Aurelius
Term
Constantine
Definition
Victor in a series of wars
transferred capital to Constantinople
adopted Christianity as his personal religion
Term
Theo 1
Definition
prohibited all religions but Christianity
Term
Paul
Definition
important in the devolpment of Christianity
created framework
Term
Counsel of Nicea
Definition
Dogma (how rituals should be performed)
Term
Monasticism
Definition
self-torture to "prove" devotion
Term
Jerome
Definition
The Vulgate (common version of the bible)
should live like monks
Term
Ambrose
Definition
archbishop of milan
"on the duties of ministers"
rejected arianism
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Augustine
Definition
wrote confessions (his spiritual journey)
the city of god (judgement day)
Term
Boethius
Definition
Consolidation of philosophy
killed by theodosius
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