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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Colonies were first established by greece around 700 B.C. because they could not grow enough food to feed their growing population. | |
| The minoans made their living as traders. | |
| Pesistratus | greek tyrant that became popular giving land to landless farmers. |
| The mycenaean learned navigating the sun and stars from the minoans. | |
| Dark Age | a 300 year period of time of in greece begining around 600 B.C. when farming and trade failed and many stopped reading and writting. |
| Athenian assembly | appointed 10 genanerals who carried out the assembly laws. |
| Sparta finally defated athens in the peloponnesian war by destroying their naval fleet and bloockading the city. | |
| pericles | leader who made athens more democractic |
| cyrus | king who bulit a strong persian army and expanded the empire . |
| leonida | sprata king who led 7,000 soldiers at thermopylase |
| xerxes | persian king who invaded greece and led his army at the battle of salahis |