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antiant grece

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Solon Tyrant - He was an athenian chief official, and he outlawed debt slavery, and encouraged democracy
Psistratus Athenian Tyrant, he gave citizens a greater voice, and weakened the aristocracy
Cleisthenes Brought in the role of organized citizens in government, set up the council of 500,
Pericles Ruled Athens after the Persian wars, turned Athens into a democracy, allowed more people to take part in government
Aspasia A woman who heloped Pericles turn Athens into a cultural center of Greece.
Phillip 11 Alexander the Great's father, a masadonian, and took all of Greece under his control.
Leonidas He led a small Spartan force
Alexander the Great Was 20 years old when he took the throne, fully conquered Persia, Babylon, and parts of Egypt, spread greek culture.
Socrates A philosopher that disagreed with the sophist method, and he believed in absolute rather than relative truth.. asked Students questions and then opposed their answer making them defend their statements and defend what they thought
Plato Socrates student, became a teacher, disagreed with democracy, believed that people should place the service to the community first over themselves and their personal goals.
Aristotle Platos student- tutored Alexander the Great, preferred a government with the middle class in power
Sophocles A traumatic play
Herodotus The father of History and beyond recording events, legends, and names
Thucydides He wrote about the pelopanisean war from two different perspectives athenians and spartans
Pythagoras Created the Pythagorean theorem
Euclid Wrote the math text book the Elements
Archimedes Applied principles of physics to make practical inventions like lever and pulley
Hippocrates The Greek physician
Trojan War War between the Mycenaeans and the Trojans
Persian War Greece joined together for a short time to defeat the Persisans
Peloponnesian War War between the Delian league and the Peloponnesian league in attempts to take away Athens power
Minoans First Greeks named after King Minos. They vanished at a certain point of time
Mycenaeans They spoke a into-european language and conquered the Greek mainlands before conquering the Islands, and they were sea traders
Athens A Greek city-state, first to use democracy, valued knowledge, music, and the arts over war.
Sparta Greek city-state, Started military training at young ages for Boys and Girls, highly military
Delian League Athens and their allies
Peloponnesian League Sparta, Persia, and their allies
Xerxes Son of Darius, sent soldiers to conquer Greece, but failed
Thermopylae a mountain pass found in Northern Greece
Polis City-state
Monarchy A government which a heredity ruler exercises power, its where there is one person who governs over an area
Aristocracy A land holding Elite,
Tyrant People who gain power by force.
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