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Ancient Greece
Term | Definition |
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Minoans | Earliest civilized Europeans |
Crete | Where the Minoans lived |
Mycenaean | Replaced the Minoan civilization |
Linear B | a writing system |
Hoplite warfare | Heavily armed men carrying shields, and used spears to thrust, not throw, as well troops would stand side by side |
Democracy | government by the people |
Oligarchy | government of a few people, or in a dominant class |
Aristocracy | Class of people holding exceptional ranks and privileges |
Monarchy | Supreme power is nominally lodged in the monarch |
Tyranny | Despotic abuse to authority |
Athens | Introduced democracy |
Sparta | Introduced oligarchy |
The Persian Wars | Ionians called for help, but Persians stopped the revolt easily and wanted revenge |
Peloponnesian Wars | War between Sparta and Athens |
Sophists | Travelling teachers, and trained students in public speaking |
Socrates | Developed ideas and created a method of teaching known as the "socratic method" |
Plato | Believed a state could only achieve good if every citizen adhered to truth, wisdom, courage and moderation |
Aristotle | Classified plants and animals and developed the idea of testing the hypothesis |
Stoics | said happiness comes from accepting what you have and what happened to you |
Epicurians | said we should do what we want to enjoy iur lives to feel happy, we should maximize pleasure |
Skeptics | said that we do not know anything about the world and even ourselves, don't know what's right or wrong |