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Classical Greece Flashcards

1
Q

Who begins to control small, greek city states?

A

Persia

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2
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What does Athens do as a response to Persia controlling the city states?

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they send money and weapons to the city states to revolt

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3
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How does Persia react to Athen’s ally ship w the city states ?

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they invade

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4
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Do the other city states help athens fight persian

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no

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5
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When are the persian wars?

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490-480

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6
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Who wins?: Persian or Athens?

A

athens

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7
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What happens as a result of Persia’s defeat?

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  • athens builds a navy because Persia will come back with a larger army
  • many city states begin allying with athens because it is assumed that persia is going to march through all the city states
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8
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Who allies with who? (persian war)

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  • athens: corinth, sparta
  • neutral: thebes
  • persia: phoenicians
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9
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What happens when Persian invades athens again (480)

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  • athens wins

- persia stops invading but athens proposes that the alliance continues and they should retake territory when able to

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10
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Why does athens become an empire?

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  • because they claim to have done all the fighting

- they become an imperial

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11
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Pericles

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an archon who assists in the creation of the athenian empire

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12
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Acropolis

A

religious and political center

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13
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Why does athens enjoy being an empire

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trade is amazing and the city is being built up

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14
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Who is the first to leave athens alliance and why?

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Sparta leaves because athens begins to get to controlling

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15
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When was the decline of athens

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430-400

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16
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When was the athenian empire?

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460-430

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17
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Who forms the Peloponnesian league?

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  • sparta, corinth, thebes
18
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What happens when the Pelopponesian and Delian league try to fight?

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  • ends in a tie but was still destructive
19
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What happens in Athen’s due to the pelopponesian league?

A
  • the wealthy want the war to end

- citizens want revenge

20
Q

Populism

A

politicians who are fear mongering citizens to gain power

21
Q

What was a populist often called?

A

demogogue

22
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Ostrocism

A

make an outcast out of someone

23
Q

What happened to people who wanted peace after populism?

A

they were ostracized from the city by the assembly

24
Q

Who ends up surrendering Delian or peloponnesian?

A

delian

25
Q

how is peace settled?

A

Athens is stripped of its power

26
Q

What league is disbanded after the peloponesian war

A

delian

27
Q

What happens with the city states after the peloponnesian war?

A

there are none

28
Q

What happens in the beginning of the fourth century?

A
  • sparta wants persia out but begins to bully like athens did
29
Q

What two cities fight from 395-386?

A

Thebes and Sparta

30
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How did thebes two time sparta?

A

Thebes asked sparta for help with persia but when sparta becomes too powerful thebes asked persia to help irradicate sparta

31
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Who relies of mercenaries

A

thebes

sparta

32
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Why does sparta rely on mercenaries?

A

because they have to watch the helots

33
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What happens in 386?

A
  • everyone starts to mind their business
34
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Epamanonalas

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inspires thebes to become the dominant power because he is a good military leader

35
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What occurs in 375-372

A

2nd Thebes v Spartan war

36
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How does Epamanonalas change the army formation?

A

he takes everyone and splits them into sections so they can maneuver

37
Q

Who defeats who in the 2nd T v. S war?

A

thebes

38
Q

What does thebes do when they win the war sparta?

A

thebes frees the helots and arms ther=m

39
Q

How do sparta and thebes reach peace?

A

Sparta is its own city state but cannot have helots

40
Q

Who is significantly weaker after the Peloponnesian and Thebes v. Sparta war?

A
  • Athens

- Sparta

41
Q

Who is looming over the horizon?

A

Persia

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