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Western Civilization
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Foundations of Western Civilization can be traced back 2000 years to ... | Eastern Mediterranean Region |
| What 2 groups of people developed many of the ideas and traditions that helped shape the world today? | Hebrews and Greeks |
| What influenced Greece's development of trade & city states? | Geography & location near the Sea |
| A seafaring people who carried on a thriving trade business. | Minonans |
| Mostly farmers and artisans. | Myceneans |
| Minoans & Myceneans trade policies. | Closed to privacy |
| After the Trojan War, a series of Civil Wars broke out & the Mycenean civilization collapsed. | Dark Age |
| Dark Age | Dorians siezed control & trade stopped and written records disappeared. |
| When the Greeks recovered from the Dark Ages, they began to form small independent communities called ... | City-states |
| During the time of city-states, power shifted from _______ rule to the rule of _________ | Aristocratic, Tyrants |
| Two of the most powerful city states in all of Greece | Athens & Sparta |
| Fought between 490 and 479 BC | The Persian Wars |
| The Greek city-states fought several wars with the ... | Persian Empire |
| Athens became the most powerful leader of an alliance of city-states after the Persian Wars. The alliance of Greek city-states was called... | Delian League |