9 Flashcards
1
Q
Cyrus the Great
A
Led a Persian Revolt
2
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calvary
A
a unit of soldiers who ride horeses
3
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Darius I
A
Killed his rivals for power
4
Q
Persian Wars
A
a series of wars between Persia and Greece
5
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Xerxes I
A
Tried to conquer Greece
6
Q
alliance
A
an agreement to work together
7
Q
Peloponnesian War
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a war between Athens and Sparta that threatened to tear Greece APART
8
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Philip II
A
became king of Macedonia in 359 BC
9
Q
Phalanx
A
a group of warriors who stood close together in a square
10
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Alexander the Great
A
He went south to revolt in Thebes
11
Q
Hellenistic
A
Greek-like
12
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Socrates
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Believed that people should never stop looking for knowledge
13
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Plato
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Was a student of Socrates
14
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Aristotle
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The greatest greek thinker
15
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reason
A
clear and ordered thinking
