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world history

world history chapter 5 vocabulary

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Minoans A civilization that developed on the island of Crete around 2000 B.C.
Mycenaeans A civilization that began around 2000 B.C. and controlled mainland Greece from 1600-1200 B.C.
Dorians More primitive Greeks who moved into fertile areas of the Peloponnesus, Crete, and Southwestern Asia minor after the Mycenaean collapse.
Homer A blind Greek poet who wrote the lliad and the Odyssey around 700s B.C. this period is called the Homeric age.
Zeus king of the Gods; most powerful God; father of some Gods and some humans
Athena Daughter of Zeus; Goddess of wisdom, womanly virtue, and technical skills.
Sparta One of the largest city state in size; was military ideal.
Draco Archon leader in 621 B.C. created the Athens first written law code
Solon A respected and trusted leader, became archon about 594 B.C. medicated to dispute between debtors and creditors.
Peististratus seized power as a tyrant in Athens; failed at two earlier attempts.
Cleisthenes turned Athens into a democracy; divided into 4 different tribes.
Darius ruler of Persia.
Xerxes son of darius had a very large army around 10,000 troops.
Themistocles Athenian leader who persuaded his people to abandon their city and take refuge elsewhere.
Pericles leader in Athens; great general and statesman.
Archons
Direct Democracy all citizens participate directly in making decisions
Representative Democracy citizens elect representative to sum
Terracing creating small, flat plots of land by building, low walls on the hillside.
Pedagogue
Rhetoric
Tyrants
Popular Government
Democracy
Helots
Ephors
Metics
Heplites
Polis
Oracles
Terracing
Myths
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Aristocracies
Agora
Acropolis
Western civilization
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