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a government controlled by the citizens, either directly or through representatives
democracy
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a philosopher that questioned the nature of the world and of belief, thought, and knowledge
Aristole
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a fortified hilltop in an ancient Greek city
acropolis
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a blind man that, according to the Greek tradition, was the best story teller
Homer
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a Greek city state; the fundementalunit of ancient Greece after 750 BCE
polis
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an ancient kingdom north of Greece, whose ruler Phillip II conquered Greece in 338 BCE
Macedonia
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a war lasting from 431-404 BCE, in which Athens and its allies were defeated by Sparta and its allies
peloponnesian war
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indo- european people who settled on the Greek mainland around 2000 BCE
mycenaeans
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the son of Phillip II that accomplished great things over 13 years
alexander the great
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a government in which power is in the hands of hereditary ruling class or nobility
aristocracy
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in ancient greece, a powerful individual who gained control of a city states government by appealing to the poor for support
tyrants
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the athenian orator that tried to warn the Greeks of the threat Phillip II and his army posed
Demosthenes
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Greek speaking people that, according to the tradition, migrated into mainland Greece after the destruction of the Mycenaean civilization
Dorians
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a series of wars in the 5th century BCE in which Greek city-states battled the persian empire
persian wars
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traditional stories about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the natural world or the customs and beliefs of a society
myths
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the art of Greece and Rome, in which harmony, order, and balance were emphasized
classical art
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the persian king that fled in a fight between Persia and Macedonia, which led Macedonias army to take control of Antolla
Darius III
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a military formation of foot soldiers armed with spears and sheilds
phalanx
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a government in which power is in the hands of a single person
monarchy
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the king of Macedonia that dreamed of taking over Greece then Persia and finally avenge the persian empire of Greece
Phillip II
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thinkers who use logic and reason to investigate the nature of the universe, human society, and morality
philosophers
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a war fought around 1200 BCE, in which an army led by the Mycenean kings attacked the independent trading city of troy in Anatolia
Trojan war
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a highly reguarded mathematician who opened a school of geometry in Alexandria
Euclid
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in the society of ancient Sparta, a peasant is bound to the land
helots
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long narrative poems celebrating the deeds of legendary or traditional heroes
epics
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one of the strongest critics of the Sophists. He believed absolute standards did exsist for truth and justice
socrates
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a serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
tragedy
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a government in which power is in the hands o a few people--- especially in which rule is based upon wealth
oligarchy
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relating to the civilization, language art, science, literature of the Greek world from the reign of Alexander the Great to the late second century BCE
Hellenistic
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a humorous form of drama that often includes slapstick and satire
comedy
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a student of socrates who wrote down the converstations of socrates. he wrote about his vision of a perfect society, people fell into 3 groups (farmers & artisians, warriors, ruling class)
Plato
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the african city that became the foremost center of commerce and Hellenistic civilization
Alexandria
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an enormous hellenistic statue that formely stood near the harbor of rhodes
Colossus of Rhodes
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Hellenistic scientist of syracuse, studies at Alexandria
Archimedes
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a form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives
direct democracy
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