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Chapter 7 Exam
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| Definition |
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| Colonies were first established by Greek around 700 B.C because they could not grow enough food to feed their growing population. |
| The Minoans made their living as traders. |
| Peisistratus-Greek tyrant that became popular giving land to landless farmers. |
| The Mycenean's learned navigating the sun and stars from the Minoans. |
| Dark Age-a 300 year period of time in Greek beginning around 600 B.C when farming and trade failed, and many stopped reding and writing. |
| Athenian Assembly appointed 10 generals who carried out the assembly's law. |
| Sparta finally defeated Athens in the Peloponnesian War by destroying their naval fleet and blockading the city. |
| Pericles leader who made Athens more democratic. |
| Cyrus king who built a strong Persian army and expanded the empire. |
| Leonidas Spartan King who led 7,00 soldiers at Thermopylae |
| Xerxes Persian king who invaded Greek and led his army at the Battle of Salamis. |