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Greece Terms Flashcards

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Homoioi

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Spartan citizen

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Perioiokoi

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Free Doric communities allied with Sparta

Sparta would call on these places during a time of war to help them

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Linear B

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13th century
Symbols and pictures that meant things
Mycenae writing

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Heinrich Schliemann

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1822-1890
German industrialist
Discovered what he thought was Troy, using Homer as a source

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Wanax

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13th century

Name of a Mycenae king

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Basileus

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13th century

Mycenae local leader

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Gerousia

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13th century

Mycenae council of basileus

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Mycenae

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13th century
Where present day Greece is
Most cities were built next to cliffs and inland; lions were popular to put on front gates

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Hoplite

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8th century
New type of soldier and tactic
Would fight in a phalanx, with hoplites lined up covering the man next to them

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Polis

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8th century

Communities of clustered together villages

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Helots

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725-371
Not slaves, supplied the Spartans with everything they needed
This lead the Spartans to not have specialized trades which didn’t allow the Spartans to develope any further as a civilization

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Arete

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Excellence

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Lycurgus

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Law giver

Started Spartan way of life

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Solon

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594

Was a archon

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Draco

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621
Told to rewrite laws
Made laws extremely harsh

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Archons

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6th century

Political figures

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Marathon

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490
Persians suffered huge defeat
Greeks charged at them on the beach
Persians went sailed to Athens but Greeks sent a runner to Athens and saved Athens

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Thermopolyae

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480
300 Spartans against entire Persian army
Defeated because of goat path in the mountain side

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Delian Cofenderation

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478
Alliance formed with Ionians
This alliances help destroy almost all of the Persian army

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Ostracism

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5th century
Politics would be exiled for 10 years with a vote
Politicians would use this to help get rid of other politicians by rigging the vote

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Pericles

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429

Was like a tyrant

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Peloponnesian War

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431
Started with Medilini revolt against the Delian Confederate because they didn’t want to be part of the confederate anymore
Ended with Athens wining

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Philip 2 of Macedonia

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4th century
Was asked to help the Greeks
Made the new tactic Sarissas, used longer spears for taking over Greece
Controlled most of Greece

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Alexander the Great

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4th century
Took the throne in 336 after his dad was assassinated
3 years later united the Greeks again and conquers all of Persia
Died in 323, all his relatives were later assassinated

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