Exam 3 Flashcards
Who used logic?
Greek Philosophers
Minoans 1
Lived on the island of Crete. Very wealthy sea treaders.
Minoans 2
No protective walls. Capital = Knossos.
Minoans 3
Women had equal status. Flushed toliets thousands of years before other civs.
Minoans 4
NO violent art. King Minos
Minoans 5
Fresh water pipes; Nature was glorified in their art.
Minoans 6
A gigantic earthquake and tsunami destroyed them. Most peaceful civ ever.
Socrates 1
Created the Socratic method of learning
Socrates 2
used questions to teach his students
Socrates 3
Taught Aristoctic Truth.
Plato 1
Began a great school called “The Academy”. Also believed too much freedom creates social disorder.
Plato 2
Believed the good of the whole was more important than the individual.
Aristotle 1
Taught the “Golden Mean”. Balance in all things.
Aristotle 2
The ideal government was a balance of monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy. Tutored Alexander the Great.
Herodotus 1
Travelled throughout the Mediterranean area to study important events.er
Herodotus 2
Wrote the book “Historia” about the Persian Wars. The “Father of History”
Thucydides 1
He wrote about the Peloponnesian War. He was devoted to being impartial.
Thucydides 2
He believed future leaders could learn from history.
Pythagoras
Was a great mathematician. Discovered the Pythagorean Theorem. First to believe the Earth was Round.
Hippocrates
Wrote a code of ethics for doctors. Still used today - “Hippocratic Oath.”
Trojan War
As told in the Iliad, Troy kidnapped the Mycenean queen Helen; the Myceneans held them at siege for 10 years; The trojans were tricked and deceived.
Polis
A Greek city-state; pelican League; Used mafia-like extortion; Led by Athens
Themistocles
Convinced the Assembly to try his idea; shockingly won the battle of Solomis
Battle of Thermopylae Canyon
100,000 Persians delayed for 6 days; 300 Spartans remarkably held one; Allowed Athens to be evacuated.
Battle of Solomis
One of the most biggest upsets in military history; a naval battle; the small Athenian ships sank the huge Persian ships.
Athens
Won the Persian wars; Created the 1st democracy; Began the Pelion legacy.
