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Western Civilization (Jackson Spielvogel 8th ed) > Ch 3 > Flashcards

Ch 3 Flashcards

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Forgotten civilization; rediscovered by Arthur Evans; named after Minos, a legendary king of Crete.

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Minoan civilization

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2
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Epic poet of the 8th century

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Homer

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3
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Homer’s first epic poem about the Trojan war; focus on Greek hero Achilles and about his wrath

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Iliad

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4
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Epic romance; Greek hero named Odysseus; cunning and patient; describe social conditions of dark age

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Odyssey

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Ancient Greek city state encompassing both an urban area and its surrounding countryside; a small but autonomous political unit where all major political and social activities were carried out centrally

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Polis

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Power of this city established in 5th century BC; political and militarily strong; guardian of Greece

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Athens

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This form of government replaced the monarchy and was suggested by cleisthenes

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Democracy

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8
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Location of a battle between Persians and the Athenians; 26.2 miles from Athens to this city

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Marathon

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Greek democratic leader; aristocrat; incorruptible; leader during golden age of Greece

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Pericles

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Power of this city established in 5th century BC; political and militarily strong; guardian of Greece

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Athens

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Based his writing on facts; good storyteller; no physical evidence to explain why = god’s act; wrote about Persian war in 5th cen.

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Herodotus

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12
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What truly happened, not what he wanted to have happen; wrote on Peloponnesian war in 6th cen; thinking about past, what can be learned

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Thucydides

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13
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Dealt with universal themes; good and evil; state/family; spiritual values; individual rights

Grotesque masks; obscene jokes

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Tragedy and comedy

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14
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Ideal forms; most important is temple to gods; ideals of reason;moderation; balance; harmony

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Classical style

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15
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Built between 447 and 432; located on the Acropolis in Athens; dedicated to Athena

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Parthenon

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16
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Plato’s teacher; accused of corrupting youth; made the Socratic method: Q&A leading to own reasoning

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Socrates

17
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Greatest philosophers of western civ; wrote a lot; one was a pupil of the other in the Academy who later became a tutor for Alexander the Great; politically involved

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Plato and Aristotle

18
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Chief dirty and father of gods; goddess of wisdom and crafts; God of sun and poetry

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Zeus, Apollo, Athena

19
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Originally created as a way to honor the gods

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Olympic Games

20
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Place where you could receive a word from the gods; name is a person at a place.

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Oracle of Delphi

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