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what is a tyrant

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an illegitimate ruler who seized power, but usually rules with popular assent

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what is a hoplite

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a spartan foot soldier

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what is phalanx

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a formation with shields and spears at the front to skewer oncoming enemies

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3 major Hellenistic dynesties

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antigonus, seleucas, ptolemy

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dates of the antigonus dynasty

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323-168 BC

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dates of the seleucas dynasty

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323-63 BC

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dates of the ptolemy dynasty

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323-30 BC

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dates and importance of the battle of Chaeronea

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338 BC, it brought Greece under Macedonian control, Greece would not be independent again for thousands of years

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9
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prior to the agriculteral revolution how did humans live?

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in hunter-gatherer tribes/nomadic tribes

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what was the 1st empire

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the akkadian empire

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sumerian temples are called

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ziggarats

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12
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era prior to written history is

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pre-history

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13
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where do we get info about the peloponnesian war

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Thucydides

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year of battle of Gaugamela and its significance

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331 BC, it was the battle in which Alexander completed his conquest of the Persian empire

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year of the battle of marathon

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490 BC

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16
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who is king Leonidas?

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He was king of Sparta who died in the Battle of Thermopylae

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17
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what battle ended the Peloponnesian War

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the battle of Aegospotami

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18
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Athenian law givers are

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drakon and solon

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19
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when is greek colonization at its peak?

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8th-7th century

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20
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pyramid building was perfected in what kingdom

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the old kingdom

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sumerians, Hittites, and Greeks arranged themselves into what kinds of society

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city-states

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the Peloponnesian war was between which 2 leagues

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the Delian league and the Peleponnnesian league

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23
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what is Hellenism

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greek culture

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24
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what is aristocracy

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rule of the best

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25
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what does “Magna Graecia” refer to

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refers to the prominent greek cities along the southern Italian coast

26
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years of Babylonian exlie

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598-538 BC

27
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which pharoah was monotheistic

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akhenaten/amenhotep IV

28
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what does civitas mean

A

city

29
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oldest epic?

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gilgamesh

30
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year athens becomes a democracy

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508 BC

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democracy?

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rule of the people

32
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capital of the Hittite empire

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Hattusa

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when was the battle of salamis and its significance

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480 BC, important because it was a turning point in the war for the Greeks helping them win the 2nd persian invasion, and a greek victory against persia

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year of the battle of Qadesh and who it was between

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1285 BC, between Egyptians and Hittites

35
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years of Peloponnesian War

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431-404 BC

36
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diadochi war?

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war between the successors of alexander over who would rule his empire

37
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which athenian tyrant was driven out and who was his father

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Pisistratus, his father was Hippocrates

38
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3 kings of Israel are?

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Saul, David, and Solomon

39
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Agriculteral Revolution led to a surplus of food which allowed for

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specialization

40
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Date of beginning of history

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3000 BC

41
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sumerian writing is called

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cuneiform

42
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year israelites entered canaan?

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1200 BC

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date of 1st Persian Invasion and the king of persia at the time

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490, Darius

44
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date of 2nd Persian Invasion and the king of persia at the time

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480, Xerxes

45
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what does -lithic mean

A

stone

46
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oligarchy?

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rule of the few

47
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who was Hammurabi, why is he important, dates of his rule

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-he was king of Babylon
-he had the oldest most complete law code we
have,
-he ruled 1792-1750 BC

48
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who founded the Akkadian Empire

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Sargon

49
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date of the end of the new kingdom

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1070 BC

50
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date of the beginning of the old kingdom

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2649 BC

51
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what are the names of the 2 kingdoms israel split into

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Judah and israel

52
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when did the Kingdom of Judah end and why

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598 BC, Babylon captured it

53
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when did the kingdom of israel end and why

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722 BC, Assyria conquered it

54
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plutocracy?

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rule of the rich

55
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dates of Alexander the Great

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336-323 BC

56
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spartan law giver/constitution

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Lycourgas

57
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what are the Phoenicians known for

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purple dye and inventing the alphebet

58
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where do we get our info about the Persian War

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Herodotus

59
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which people founded Carthage

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Phoenicians

60
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what was the Agriculteral Revolution and when did it happen

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When people started to farm and domesticate animals, instead of hunting and gathering
10,000 BC

61
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who was Alexander’s father

A

Phillip II

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