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UNIT 3 Berkson

Ancient Greece

TermDefinition
Geography the mountains separate the civilisations from each other, the land was infertile
Minoans early mediterranean civilization based on crete
Mycenaeans 1st greek state
Troy* Greek state
Homer person who wrote the epic poetries/poems : Iliad + Odyssey
Illiad about the trojan war
Odyssey about a warrior's journey(Odysseus) home after the trojan war
Dark Age Mycenaean collapse due to low food production, population decline and no written records were produced
Dorians* ethnic group
Polis small but autonomous political unite
Acropolis the big building in athens
Agora open space with markets + assemble area
Hoplites heavily armed infantry men
Phalanx group of hoplites together in a formation
Monarchy ruled by one
Aristocracy ruled by aristocrats
Oligarchy ruled by a few
Democracy ruled by the people
Tyranny ruled by one person who fixes the problems then leaves after
sparta greek city state known for fighting on land
helots serfs in ancient sparta bound to land
athens greek city states known for naval fighting
solon athenian leader who canceled land debts but didn't redistribute it
Cleisthenes athenian whose policies confirmed the central role for the assembly in athens
persian wars series of wars between persia + the greek city states including marthom, thermopylae, salamis
xerxes commander who led the persian army during the battle of thermopylae
marathon persian ruler darius attacking the plain of marathon near athens, lost against athenians
thermopylae between sparta (less thank 9k) vs xerxes(persia - 150k), sparta lost due to a traitor ratting them out
salamis naval battle between persia and greek city state alliance, greeks won
delian league defence alliance against persians
pericles 1st citizen of athens, spread athenian land property
limited democracy democracy but limited to men
parthenon the other big building but it's ruined
peloponnesian war between athens + persia, led to the decline of the greek city states
thucydides athenian general during the pelo war
drama greek people performed dramas
sophocles wrote tragedies , one of the 3 great tragedians
aristophanes known as the father of comedy
classical style how greek buildings were built/appeared
philosophy study of the basic ideas about knowledge + meaning of life
socrates one of the great greek philosophers
sophists teacher of philosophy
plato wrote the allegory of the cave, socrates students, philosopher
aristotle philosopher
greek gods + goddesses zeus, aphrodite, apalo + etc
olympics created in ancient greece, sports
social struture athenian society were formed of slaves, medicsm women + citizens
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