chapter 9 Flashcards
1
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Cyrus the Great
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He was the first emperor in 529 BC and the babylonians and the jews respect him
2
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cavalry
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unit of soldiers who ride horses
3
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Darius 1
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A young prince
4
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Persian Wars
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The invasions began a series of wars between Persia and Greece that historian call it a name
5
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Xerxes 1
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He tried to conquer Greece again
6
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alliance
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agreement to work together
7
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Peloponnesian War
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the war between Athens and Sparta that threatened to tear all of Greece apart.
8
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Philip 2
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The king of Macedonia
9
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phalanx
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A group of warriors who stood close together in a square
10
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Alexander the Great
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He built the an empire
11
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Hallenistic
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Greek-like
12
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Socates
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He believed that people must 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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Plato’s student
15
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reason
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clear and ordered thinking
