Greece and persia Flashcards
define the term symposium
a greek drinking party of aristrocrats
aristocrats
the top of society the wealthiest and they had the most influence and power
pan-hellenic
gods honors throughout greece
areopagus
a state in athens called attica that was governed by them the people in it were the aristocrats
solon
solon is a person in athens that changed the government to a democracy. he canceld all debt slavery and all debt. he also showed the laws to everybodyy so they know what to do and not do.
philip 2 of macedon
he was a king with a great military that aided many countries. he also defeated athens
alexander 3
alexander the 3 or alexander the great was a conqueror he concurred many places including persia with n navy
darius 3
a successor who tried to take over persia by just using navy
persopolis
the persian capital that has lots of money
khyber pass
a pass that was said to lead to a river that goes around the world where the greeks stoped the persians from invading
allies
people who work together
Pisistratus
solons son who became a tyrant and he supported the arts
centralized government
a government that is in a central area
tyrant
a polotition who wants to help his community
asia minor
asia minor is modern day turkey
polis
a city state
athens
a greek city state that fought against persia and it had a very strong government the aristocrats were too strong at one point so they had to limit their power
sparta
a greek city state that was very militarized
croesus
one of the first sosiotys to start to pay for stuff with a coin version of currency
xerxes
he launched a massive attack on greece with 150,000 soldiers 700 boats
mardionius
the persian general he was fighting in the attack in thermopile and died
cyrus
he defeated the last median and babylonian king marking the achaemenid empire
assembly
a gathering of people
council
the people who divide on things
autonomous
self ruled
thermopayle
a passage whare the persian army was going thru to attack greece and the greeks fought back there
olympics
a big event where the countries would stop wars to compete in it create a brotherhood between societies
culture
culture is the ethnicity of a place and what happens there
hoplite phalanx
the wall like formation of soldiers
helots
the people in sparta who were the lowest class and were nearly slaves
messenia
the idea that a judgement day will come
democracy
a from of government were everyone has a say
persian war
the war in persia were everyone tried to invade persia because they were invading everybody
marathon
part of greece was invaded and then xerxes got a big army and fought back
triremes
boats used aroun that time with ~170 rowers
themisyocles
the athenian leading politician who focused on getting athens a better military
salamis
a battle between greece and the persians
