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Persian War - Alexander Test Flashcards

1
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Puncis wars were _____ VS _______

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Persia VS Athens

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2
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In the Punic wars Ionians team up w/

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Athens

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3
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Greece strategically chooses where

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to fight

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4
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At the battle of Marathon Athens was going to

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kill themselves rather then let Persia kill them

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5
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Pheidippides must run to warn

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Athens not to kill themselves

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6
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Darius dies so his son,

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Xerxes avenges his goal

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7
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Xerxes takes his time to

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build Persia’s infrastructure and supply army

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8
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Athens + Sparta defend Xerxes with

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80,000 troops & 400 ships at Thermaplyae

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9
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Leader of Sparta

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King Leonidas

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10
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King Leonidas and 300 spartans hold off Xerxes for

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2 days

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11
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Xerxes is furouis that the Athenians escaped so

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he burns Athens to the ground

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12
Q

Cyrus the Great rebuilt

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Persia

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13
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Nike Means

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Victory

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14
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Salamis was a navy battle where greeks destroy

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much of naval Persia

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15
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Persian return after defeat and now want

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to take all of greece

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16
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All of Greece forms the

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Hellenic league to fight of Persia

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17
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The Delian league was named after

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the Delos island

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18
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Athens+allies start new league called

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Delian League to deal w/ persia when they come back

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19
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Athens calls the shots in the

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Delian League

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20
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Greed eventually corupts

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Athens

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21
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Delian league transforms into

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a Athenian empire

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22
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Out of fear of Athens Sparta starts the

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Peloponesian league

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23
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Sparta made sure to appoint themselves as the

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dominant force in their own league

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24
Q

An acropolis is

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the highest point in a city

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25
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Acropolises were a feature of

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almost every greek city state

26
Q

Pericles rebuilt ______ with ________

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Athens with Delian league money

27
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Acropolises are used as the main

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fortress/standing point of cities

28
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The temple Parthenon is dedicated to

29
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Sparta’s military contains a

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Army (land)

30
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Athens military conatains a

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Navy (sea)

31
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Leading to the Peloponnedian War Athens navy was

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getting very strong

32
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Using the Delian League money Athens

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constructs massive walls enclosing Athens all the way down to their ports

33
Q

______ sieges Athens before they get any more powerful

34
Q

A siege is

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surrounding an enemey base until their resources run out

35
Q

Sparta’s seige is _____

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unsucsesful

36
Q

In response to Sparta Athens begins a

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petty Naval blockade around the Peloponnesian peninsula

37
Q

Persia’s military contains a

A

Navy (sea)

38
Q

Sparta can fully seige Athens now with Persia’s

39
Q

Plague in Athens spreads from a shipment from

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Eygpt wheat

40
Q

From the plague in Athens ________ of Athens dies

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1/3 of Athens

41
Q

In response Athenian navy attacks

42
Q

Sparta teams up with a unlikely ally

43
Q

Athens is overwhelmed by the

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2 superpowers, so they surrender

44
Q

________ wins the Peloponnesian wars

45
Q

Afterwards Sparta is weak and ______ invades Sparta becoming the dominant power

46
Q

King of Macedon

47
Q

Phillip II once live in

48
Q

Phillip IIi learned Thebes advances and

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brought them home to Macedon

49
Q

A phalanx is a

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double long Greek spear used in formations

50
Q

Phillip II hated

51
Q

All of lower Greece is weak so

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Phillip takes over it all

52
Q

Alexander III is heir

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to Macedon

53
Q

Alexander III is tutored

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by Aristotle

54
Q

Phillip II dies so

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Alexander III takes over as king

55
Q

Bucephalus is

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a wild horse tamed by young Alexander III

56
Q

Bucephalus mean

57
Q

Alexander III creatively conquers Tyre with a

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Land bridge

58
Q

_____ welcomes Alexander III to take over

59
Q

Alexander & men fight ______ at Porus

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giant elepahnt riders

60
Q

After lots of conquering Alexander III ______ at the capital Babylon

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die at Babylon age 32

61
Q

Overall Alexander III spread _______ & _____________

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Greek culture and usher the Hellenic period

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