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Peloponnesus Peninsula

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One of 2 Greek peninsulas

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Aegean Sea

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The eastern sea bordering Greece

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Mediterranean Sea

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The south sea bordering Greece

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Ionian Sea

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The western sea bordering greece

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Black Sea

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A sea used to make contact with non-Greek people

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Bronze Age

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The time when bronze became widely used in greece

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Crete

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An island in Greece where the Minoan civilization started

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Minoans

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Non Greeks who influenced the people from the Greek mainland

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Minos

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A Crete king who supposedly built a labyrinth

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Knossos

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A place in Crete that was the center of a trade based empore

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Mycenaean

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A fortified site in the Greek mainland

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Mycenaeans

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Indo Europeans whose family spread into Europe and Asia

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Homer

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The author of the Odyssey and the Iliad, wrote about the Trojan War

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The dark age

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A time in Greek history where few events were recorded

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Ionia

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A strip of land in Asia Minor (modern day turkey)

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Epic poem

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A poem that describes a hero, and teaches about the customs of a place

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Trojan War

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A war overdramatized in literature about Helen of Troy being kidnapped (in reality probably over trade)

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Illiad

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A story about Achilles, and his problematic anger

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Achilles

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A Greek hero from the Iliad, whose anger caused problems

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The odyssey

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A story about Odyssey, and his journey home after the Trojan war

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Arete

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A hero’s strive for excellence won in a battle or contest

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Polis

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A Greek word for a city state

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Acropolis

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A fortified area used as a place of refuge or as a religious center

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Agora

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A place below the acropolis used for assemblies and as a marketplace

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Hoplites

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Heavily armed infantry soldiers

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Phalanx

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A rectangular marching pattern

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Hellespont

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1 of 2 cities on the Black Sea strait (area of water connecting other seas)

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Bosporus

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1 of 2 cities on the Black Sea strait (area of water connecting other seas)

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Byzantium

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The city that eventually became Istanbul

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Tyrants

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A leader who takes power from the aristocrats with force

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Democracy

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When the government is ruled by the people using their opinions

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Oligarchy

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When the gov is ruled by a select people

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Sparta

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A Greek polis focused on raising warriors that conquered many neighboring city states

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Helots

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Any people who were conquered by Sparta

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Spartan

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The people living in Sparta

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Ephors

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5 men elected to be in charge of the education of the children in Sparta

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Athens

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A polis more focuses on philosophy and arts, located on the Attica peninsula (originally a monarchy)

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Solon

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A reform minded aristocrat in Athens, who temporarily stopped tyranny

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Peisistratus

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An aristocrat who improved trade

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Cleisthenes

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An aristocrat who created a council which could pass laws after debating them

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Faithfulness

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Staying loyal to your country, gods, and family

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Eloquence

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To be well spoken

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Asia Minor

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A peninsula in Turkey

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Darius

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A ruler of Persia who wanted revenge after his captured cities tried to revolt

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Pheidippides

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A person who ran from Marathon to Persia

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Xerxes

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The ruler after Darius who promised revenge on Greece

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Delian League

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A defensive alliance formed Athenians to defeat Persia

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Delos

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An island with the headquarters of the Delian League

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Pericles

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A dominant figure in politics who expanded Athens border

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Age of Pericles

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The time of the height of Athens power and intelligence

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Direct democracy

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A system where men directly voted for gov decisions

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Ostracism

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When the men would write a harmful person on a piece of pottery, and they would be exiled for 10 years

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The Peloponnesian War

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A war between Athens and Sparta with many battles and deaths before Athens surrendered

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Thebes

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A new Greek power who struggled with Athens and Sparta to dominate Greek affairs

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Macedonia

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A growing power North of the Greeks

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Olympus

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The tallest mountain in Greece

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Rituals

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Ceremonies or rites

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Oracle

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A sacred shrine where a god revealed the future through a priest(ess)

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Delphi

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Apollo’s most famous oracle

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Parthenon

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The best example of a classic Greek temple

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Tragedies

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Greek dramas split into three parts with a common theme

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Oresteia

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The only complete tragedy we have, about Agenemnom’s fate

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Aeschylus

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The author of Oresteia

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Sophocles

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The writer of Oedipus Rex

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Oedipus Rex

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A play where an oracle predicts a bad fate for a man, who tries to prevent it, but it happens anyway

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Euripides

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Another Athenian play writer who tried making more realistic characters

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Comedies

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A play critiquing politicians while being entertaining

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Herodotus

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The author of “History of the Persian Wars”, providing a more accurate description of wars, seen as father of history

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History of the Persian Wars

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A story about the Greeks and Persians, and how he viewed them

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Thucydides

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The “greatest historian” who fought in a war, and saw war as a result of human activities

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Philosophy

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An organized system of thought

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Pythagoras

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A philosopher who taught the existence of the universe could be found in music and numbers

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Sophists

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Traveling teachers who didn’t promote specific beliefs, but wanted to argue effectively

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Socrates

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A sculptor who loved philosophy and disliked the Sophists

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Ethics

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The ability to be happy by living and behaving morally

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Socratic method

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A method used to teach students to find answers on their own

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Plato

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A student of Socrates who wrote his thoughts and is considered a great philosopher

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Plato

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A student of Socrates who wrote his thoughts and is considered a great philosopher

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The republic

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A book by Plato describing his dislike for democracy

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Aristotle

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Plato’s most famous student who classified things using observation and investigation

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Politics

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How am area is run

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