Classical Greece Flashcards

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Our best historical sources for the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars are:

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Herodotus and Thucydides

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The decisive Greek military victory over the Persians at Salamis was won by

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the Athenian Fleet

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The Delian League helped to transform which polis into an empire?

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Athens

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The Greek polis was distinctive in which of the following ways?

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free male citizens participated in politics

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The Persian king Darius decided to invade Greece in 490 B.C. because

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Athens aided Asia Minor greek colony to revolt against Persia

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