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| definition for Oligarchy. |
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| What happened at Thermopylae? |
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| A Greek force of 9,000 held off the Persian army of 150,000 for two days. |
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| what did Herodotus write? ( history of Western civilization ) |
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| History of the Persian War. |
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| people couldn't achieve a good life unless they lived in a just and rational state. |
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| what did the conquest of Alexander the Great create? |
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| Hellenistic era, an age that saw the expansion of the Greek language/ culture to the non-Greek world. |
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| what did astronomer Eratosthenes determine? |
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| the Earth is round and calculated its circumference of 24,675 miles ( relatively close to the actual figure. |
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| "enlightenment could only be achieved by long periods of meditation |
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| what were Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey"? |
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| what did the government of Anthens after Cleisthenes become? |
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| the foundation for the Athenian democracy. |
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| At Thermopylae Pass, the Spartan troops were... |
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| especially brave, even though the Greek army was vastly outnumbered. |
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| According to Greek religion, the gods lived... |
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| What was the result of Alexander the Great's conquests? |
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| Greek language, art, architecture, and literature spread through southeast Asia. |
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