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aegean sea in balkan peninsula along with many islands in aegean sea
arable land suitable land for growing crops along the coasts
each city state was a called polis
acropolis rocky mound or hill with an important temple built upon it
athens the idea a representative gov. took root in some city states, especially athens. athens avoided major political issues by moving toward democracy. leader was Cleisthenes. only male, property owners in Athens, 20 or older (start at 18 but need 2 years of
draco a wealthy nobleman. took power and took steps toward democracy.
solon solon took power and outlawed debt slavery
clesithenes he inc. the power of the assembly by allowed all citizens to submit laws for debate.
who led athens and what did he/her do pericles. strengthened its democracy, inc the number of public officials who were paid salaries. he also introduced direct democracy.
direct democracy gov in which the citizens rule directly and not thru representatives.
sparta located in Peloponnesus. sparta was a miliratristc society built around war. included militarism and helots.
differnce between Sparta and athens. athens don't respect their women while Spartans do. examples on paper.
militarism the belief a gov or people that a country should keep a strong military capable and prepared to be used aggressively to defend or promote national interests
helots slaves - spartans conquered nearby neoghboors and forced helots to farm for them.
persian wars when Greek city state Ionia revolvted against the Persians, athens and other Greek city states sent military help. To teach greeks a lesson, DARIUS invaded Greece near athens but was defeated at battle of marathon. Involved Persians and greeks. Greeks(
Battle of thermopylae Leonidas leads them. King of Sparta
Battle of plataea the Greek army later defeats the Persians at plataea battle
xerxes Darius successor, xerxes formed a great army and navy to attack the Greeks.
battle of marathon atheinias fight on beach against Persians and won
Peloponnesian war Dellian League(alliance) created to continue fighting the Persians after the Persian wars. became naval alliance ran by athens -powerful & allowed it to rule the Mediterranean. Sparta and its allies(Peloponnisan league) didn't want athens to get powerful.
classical art harmony, proportion -standard values in artwort. empahsized human form and the natural beauty of life. life like sculptured of gods/goddesses became more realistic/popular thru-out greece. created scuoltures, mosiac, friezes.
tragedy serious drama about common themes such as love, hate, war, betrayal
commedy scenes filled with stanstick situations and crude humor,
socrates 1st western pholaspher (1st father
plato academy
arisloto teaches Alexander the great (goes to Plato's academy)
Alexander the Great
babylon Alexander captures Babylon and is declared king of asia
hellenism term generally used by historians to refer to the period from the death of Alexander the great to the death of Cleopatra and the important of Egypt in the roman empire
koine most people in the former empire spoke koine which was a Greek dialect
epicurreanism the most important thing in life was to pursuit happiness and pleasure
stoicism (0) focused on knowledge and logic while rejecting emotions as destructive
Darius 111 alexander wins the decisive battle of guagalama over Darius 111, who is sent running away into mesopotamia
alexandria alexander founded city of alexnadria
homers load (city states, heroes, and story) trojain war
mycerae Greeks in trojain war
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