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History Exam 1

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Sacristy of land theory:   Shortage of land; people have to come together.Forces people to form Government.  
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Adversity Hypothesis:   Need positives (water, climate). For civilization to develop, there must be diversity. must have negatives with positives. this forms a challenge.  
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Land of Stability   Egypt  
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Surrounded with the nile   "Gift of the nile"  
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Egypt's great burrier   desert  
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Egypt's first dynasty   writing  
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Pharaohs had all mighty rule   Egypt  
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chief priest was considered a god   Egypt  
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Theocracy   no separation between church and state  
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Polytheistic   Worshiped gods  
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divine kingship   Looking out for people all the time  
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Pharaohs had servants, They believed that when pharaoh died , the servants died and went on the journey with the pharaoh.   Egypt  
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Then the Nobles wanted to go on the journey too   Egypt  
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Everything was seen through religious views   Egypt  
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What was Egypt's death rituals   Mummification  
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Natrons   Dries up cavities  
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Pineresen   chemical for odor  
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linin   used to wrap the body  
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who watches over the corpse in Egypt   Women  
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What was the biggest stone building ever   great pyramid  
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Age of pyramids. represents the pharaohs power. contributed to fall of old kingdom. intermediate period- time of trouble   old kingdom  
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period of progress, creativity. religious development; cult of osiris; how you pass on is how you acted in life.   Middle kingdom  
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organized government, falls away turmoil; civil war; invasion( HYKSOS)Their military was superior to egypt. it was a foreign domination period.   Second int. period  
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time of military strength. the ruler was Thutmos the third. Amchotep the fourth made the egyptions worship one go.   New Kingdom  
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Hegemony   dominance over religion.  
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Believed the good things would be enjoyed in heaven but in a greater degree.   Egyptians  
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confident and optimistic people   Egyptians  
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Life was shaped by the view of death   Egyptians  
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Lived free of threat of invasion   Egyptians  
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Didn't have a rigid cast system. what was the cast system of Egypt   pharaohs, nobles, scribes, merchants, artisans, farmers, serfs, slaves  
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public schools that trained to write   Egyptians  
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the school was open to all classes   Egyptians  
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women faired well   Egyptians  
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monogomy was the rule   Egyptians  
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girls of herum was entertainment   Egyptians  
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Goddess of egyptian party   Bess  
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Had a formula for beer   Egyptians  
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What women inherited the egyptian throne   Hatchepsuet  
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what would happen if adultry happened in egypt   cut off nose  
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" Give me bread when in hungry, give me beer when im thirsty"   how the egyptians saw afterlife  
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land between the rivers   mesopotamia  
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what was the weather condition like in mesopotamia   flooding was unpredictable, sandstorms  
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did mesopotamia have any natural barriers?   no  
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mesopotamia was a city state and constantly fought between city states.    
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Who were the first people of Mesopotamia?   Sumarians  
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Who's writing form was cuneiform?   sumarians  
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who took control of the summarians first   Akodians  
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The first empire was what?   Akodians  
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who do they akodians fall to?   Babylonians  
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Who was the king of babylon   hammurabi  
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1792-1750 who ruled?   Hammurabi  
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why did hammurabi make the roads?   for the military  
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What was the hammurabi code   field of justice  
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how many sections does the hammurabi code have?   282  
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what kind of religious view did the babylonians have?   polytheistic  
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were kings gods during the babylonian period?   no  
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where did they burry their dead?   under the house  
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each city state had a god. did they fight?   yes. good vs. bad  
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the priests had what?   Powers.  
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what is the epic of Gilgermesh?   no matter what you do, your gonna die.  
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was there hope for afterlife in the babylonian culture?   no  
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where did the babylonian laws come from?   the gods  
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what did the babylonians value?   private property  
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what was punished in the babylonian culture?   laziness  
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why did the babylonians have a strong work ethic?   land sacristy  
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what kind of society did the babylonians have   patriotic  
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what could the babylonians do to their kids?   sell them  
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How could the babylonians get a diverse?   adultery  
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" The wife is a mans future, sons mans refuge, and daughter is mans salvation."   Strong family bonds. babylonian society  
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Where is Phoenicia located?   On the coast  
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the phoenicians were great sailors throughout what sea?   Mediterranean  
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Where was carthage located   africa  
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phoenicia came up with what?   the phonetic alaphabet  
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What are the Arameans   caravans  
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Who are the "bad guys"   Assyrians  
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how do you describe the assyrians?   aggressive warlike people  
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how did they take over people?   by psychological terrorism. the people would give up before the fight.  
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" boys girls burnt upon flames. pillars of skulls erected before town"   Tiglath  
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who round up combatants; asked the people to fight or die   Assyrians  
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who has oriental seclusion of women   Assyrians  
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how old were the assyrian women when they married?   12-13 yrs  
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What was the number one crime in the Assyrian society?   Abortion  
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who was Assurbanipal?   a scholar who collected cuneiform tablets and made a library. part of assyrians  
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Who do the Assyrians fall to?   the Chaldeans  
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whats another name for the chaldeans?   New Babylonians  
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who was the king of new babylonians, chaldeans?   Nebuchadnezzar  
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where did the chaldeans expand to?   throughout the fertile crescent  
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who did the chaldeans concur?   palestine, and took jewish leaders  
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What was it called when the chaldeans concurred palestine and took the jewish leaders?   babylon captivity of jews  
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Where was the persian empire located?   along the persian gulf  
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were they progressive?   yes  
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who was the king of the persian empire?   Cyrus the Great  
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What did cyrus the great do?   brought order. he showed respect to the people he concurred and brought them into his culture.  
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who was darius?   the king after cyrus the great, of the persian empire  
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what did darius do?   built roads, divided the empire into provinces. he had private servants  
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"neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor dark night hinder them in prompt completion of their task."   -persian beaurcrats. shows their dedication to society and fighting  
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what is the persian religion?   culture, zoroastrianism. rejected magic, superstitions. emphasis on morality and ethical conduct. had a good god and bad god. DUALISM. believed in the end that good would prevail  
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"sons are taught to ride horses, draw bows, and speak the truth."   cyclic theory of history. persians view of society  
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who does darius fall to?   Alexander the great  
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what does habira mean   Hebrews  
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where did the hebrews originate   Arabian desert  
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where did the hebrews settle when jacob was ruler   along the mediterranean  
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what was the name changed to when hebrews settles along the mediterranean?   Israel/palestine, Israelites  
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when israel moves again where do they move   egypt  
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moses arrises and helps who   nomadic people  
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who are the Philistines?   neighbors that fight israel. and israel always looses  
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"land of milk and honey"   palestine  
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who was the king that helped unite and defeat the philistines   saul  
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who was sauls rival   david  
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saul died and who took over   david  
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who did david unite   the Israelites , Jerusalem capital  
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after david who took power   salamen. davids son  
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what was salamen like   harsh ruler, which lead to revolt.  
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palestine was split into two kingdoms, which are?   israel, north. and judah- south  
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who was israel attacked by?   Assyrians  
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who did judah fall to?   claldeans. captivity of the jews  
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what was the first five books of the hebrews called   torah  
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what was the hebrews religion like   monotheism. the god was yahweh  
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how did the hebrews think of women   respected them. never abused them.  
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where was the hebrew women prohibited from   the inner temple  
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where were the minoans located   crete. located on the mediterranean sea  
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the minoans had what kind of community   sea community  
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who were the trade partners of minoans?   mycenaens  
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what were the biggest exports of the minoans   wine and olive oil and pottery  
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who had walls around the city and who didnt   minians didnt and myceneans did  
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capital of minoans   knossus  
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how did the minoans fall   earth quake possibly. attacked by pirates and Mycenaeans  
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minoans religion   polytheistic  
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how did the minoans burry their dead   with care  
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polis   city states  
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Hellenic age   era of city states  
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what were the two city states of the hellenic age   Athens and sparta  
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whats the political evolution   monarchy, oligarchy, tyrrany, democracy  
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where was sparta located   peloponnesian peninsula  
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was was spartas neighboring province   messenia  
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who did sparta concur   messenia  
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when messenia was concurred, sparta became what kind of state   barrate state. military  
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"everyone must subordinate themselves to the will of the state'   Lycugon constitution  
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upper startans   5 to 10 percent of population  
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lower spartans   slave class. helets  
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periochi spartans   middle class. stray people  
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what kind of government was Sparta?   oligarchy  
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what values did sparta stress?   patriotism, self denial, discipline,  
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at the beginning of each year the spartans cast war on who   helots  
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who are the secret core   anyone that is a threat is liquidated on site. they were people that lived amongst the others, but were secret  
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spartan women   compete in sports but had weak marital bonds.  
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"come home with shield held high or on it'   spartan women to their husbands. shows weak marital bonds. and how harsh they were, and didnt care bout their husbands  
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what was the spartan military called   peloponesian league  
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where was athens located   on the edge of the penninsula  
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what kind of economy was athens   commercial economy  
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why is ionia important   they were colonized by the greeks  
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draco   law code of athens  
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who did athens rebel against   persians  
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who was the persian king   darius  
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why did persia want to go to war with athens   because athens aided ionia  
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who won the battle of marathon   athens  
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agora   market place where the people of athens waited to hear the outcome of the battle  
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mercianaries   hired fighters of persians  
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who is xerxes   persian monarch  
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xerxes asked for what as submission to the persians   earth and water  
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what 2 city states didnt submit to the persians   sparta and athens  
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why did xerxes want war   because athens and Sparta didn't show submission to persia  
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how did they cross the body of water hellespont   by bridge of boats  
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who was the spartan king   Leonidas  
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battle of salamis   athens ships were more movable and athens destroyed persia  
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"a persian king had gazed europe for the last time"   historian about the battle of salamis  
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Delian league   athens fleet  
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athens government   the workers received pay  
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" control masses rather than them control him"   Thucydides. a historian  
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idiotes   one that doesn't up hold responsibilities of citizenship  
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what political aspect did athens not like   philobustery  
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what was the one job in athens that put value on merit   general  
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"any man who sherks responsibilities of citizenship shall be regarded as useless character"   Paraclese  
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women of athens   no rights, married at 14, remain at the home  
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" i give this woman for procreation of legit children"   father of athens bride.  
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athens rashald   owned by the wealthy and the slaves and foreigners were the ones selling themselves  
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courtesan   high end prositutes  
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Aspasia   beautiful courtesan that was smart and was paraclese's mistress  
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" the less heard of women in male company the better'   Paraclese about women  
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symposiam   fancy dinner party that wives could not go to. but the people from brathal could go  
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the athens competitve games honored who   gods  
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drama emerged from who   greeks  
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who were the great playwrights   aeschylus,sophocles, euripedes, aristophdries  
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what is speculative philosophy   how nature worked, 12 chief gods. eventually turned attention to what the purpose of life?  
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Socrates believed what   that people should discover things through logical thinking  
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who was socrates student?   plato  
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plato   was interested in political science. condemned democracy and stared first university  
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Aristotle   attended university of plato. he was expert on all his fav subjects. he tutored alexander the great. thought women were subordinate  
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who was the first greek historian. "father of history. and what did he write about   Herodotus. and he wrote about the persian war  
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who was the second greatest historian   thucydides. he wrote about the peloponesian war  
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