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Wh ch 7 :0 Flashcards

1
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what mountains are the Northern border of greece

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Balkan mountains

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2
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The location of greece

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Balkan peninsula

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3
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area of land surrounded by water at three sides

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peninsula

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4
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Two seas on the east side of greece

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Aegean and Black sea

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5
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Sea on the west side of greece

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Ionian

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6
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What civilization began on the shores of the aegean sea

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the Agean civilization

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7
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First important post-diluvian civilization in greece

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Minoans

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8
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what island did the minoans begin on

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crete

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9
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what people grouped lived on mycenae on the main land

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Mycenaeans

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10
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what civilization in greece did the dorians conquer between 1100-800 bc

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the mycenaeans

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11
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greeks of classical times

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hellenens

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12
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famous war fought between the cities of mycenae and troy

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Trojan War

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13
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the horse that the mycenae used to infiltrate troy

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Trojan Horse

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14
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whose stories and ideas became the basis of greek religon

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homer

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15
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works of writing that created the gods of greece

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Iliad and oddesy

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16
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most greek gods live where

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Mt. Olympus

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17
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who was the kind of the domestic gods

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Zeus

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18
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powerful humans that were given special abilites that were still mortal

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heroes

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19
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two main heroes

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Achellies and Odysseus

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20
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godess of marriage,zeus wife

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Hera

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21
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physical training and games of skill location in a polis

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Gymnasium

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22
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marketplace in a polis

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agora

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23
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theater of a polis

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amph

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24
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hill top fortress of a polis

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Acropolis

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25
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people that cant speak greek were known as what

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barbarians

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26
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first olympic games

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776 bc

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27
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olympiad was the what

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time during the olympics

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28
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who was first conqured by cyrus the great in the grecco persian war

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Ionians

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29
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what date did ionia rebell

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499 B.C.

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30
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who invaded greece to avenge his father

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Xerxes I

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31
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Battle in which the persians were being killed one by one through a mountain pass,but eventually found another route

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Battle of Thermopylae

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32
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General who blocked the persians for a while with 300 men

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Leonidas

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33
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the persians burned which city

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athens

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34
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In which battle was persia defeated to end this war

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battle of salamis

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35
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1st major naval battle in history

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battle of salamis

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36
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The final battle of the grecco persian war

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battle of plataea

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37
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rule by one

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monarchy

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38
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rule by the best

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aristocracy

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39
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rule by the few rich

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oligarchy

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40
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power seized by one bad man

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tyranny (ruler was a tyrant)

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41
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sparta was under what form of rule most of its existance

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oligarchy

41
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ruled by the people or majority of the people

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democracy

42
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govt. leaders and soldiers were in what class

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Ruling class

43
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merchants and businessmen were in what class

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middle class

44
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slaves and lower class

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helots

45
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what was spartas society consumed by

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war

46
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spartas chief accomplishment to society

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pelopenessian leauge

47
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Established harsh laws “written in blood” to instal democracy

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Draco

48
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1st tyrant of athens

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Peisistratus

49
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repented many of draco’s laws and reform

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Solon

50
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champion of the common people

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Cleisthenes

51
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set up ostracism in Athens

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Cleisthenes

52
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who brought true democracy to athens

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pericles

53
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people elect a few men to represent them in govt.

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represenative democracy

54
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ppl make the decisons in a vote

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direct democracy

55
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organization made by greeks to defend each other against persian attacks

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Delian League

56
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how many cities were apart of this league

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250

57
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The pelopenisian war was fought between who

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sparta and athens

58
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who surrendered in 404 B.C.

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sparta

59
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Kingdom that was north of greece,and heavily considered themselves greek

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macedonia

60
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Which macedonian king conquered most of greece and formed the hellinic league

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Phillip II

61
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how did phillip the 2nd die

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assasinated

62
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Phillip II had a son what was his name

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Alexander the Great

63
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Who privately tutored Alexander the Great

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Aristotle

64
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What date did alexander cross hellespont and invade persia

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334 B.C.

65
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how many cites were named alexandria

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16

66
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what was his most lasting effect on the world

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the spreading of greek culture and language

67
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what battle did the 4 head generals fight in for alexander’s kingdom

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Battle of Ipsus

68
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time during 700-338 in greece

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Hellenic age

69
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said “man is the measure of all things”

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Protagoras

70
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a well-educated slave who was charged with the boy’s manners and morals

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pedagogue

71
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Greek temple that was made for Athena

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Parthenon

72
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The father of history

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herodotus

73
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accredited for introducing fables

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aesop

74
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a brief story used to teach a moral

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fable

75
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Two of the greatest tragedies

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Oedipus Rex and Antigone

76
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wrote the best tragedies

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Sophocles

77
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discovered important mathematical concepts still used in geometry

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Pythagoras

78
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developed a theory that all matter is composed of individual atoms.

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democritus

79
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Father of Medicine

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Hippocrates

80
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a high code of ethics still taken by many medical school graduates today

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Hippocratic Oath

81
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is known for the Hippocratic Oath

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Hippocrates

82
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those that believe that there are no absolute truths

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relativists

83
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ultimate foundational truths

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absolutes

84
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who was dissatisfied with the sophists, began a search for absolutes

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socrates

85
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attempted to find an explanation for the obvious order, design, and purpose in the universe.

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plato

86
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mastered every field of learning known to the Greeks and concluded that the order of the universe must have come from God

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aristotle

87
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The period of nearly 300 years from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C. to the Roman conquest of Egypt, the last remnant of Alexander’s empire, in 30 B.C. is known as what

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Hellenistic Age.

88
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founded the school of philosophy known as Stoicism

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zeno

89
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taught that the highest good of man was to live a life of calm pleasure regulated by morality, temperance, serenity, and personal development

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Epicurus

90
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followers of Epicurus

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Epicureans

91
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an astronomer, proposed that the earth revolves around the sun, a theory not to be espoused by other scientists until centuries later

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Aristarchus of Samos

92
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systematized the theorems of plane geometry

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Euclid

93
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the greatest astronomical observer of antiquity, formulated the basic principles of trigonometry

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Hipparchus

94
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made important contributions to mathematics, engineering, and physics

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Archime

95
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calculated the circumference of the earth with astounding accuracy

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Eratosthenes of Cyrene

96
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a Greek geographer and historian who lived at the end of the Hellenistic Age

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Strabo

97
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language of cultured people throughout the Mediterranean world from 300 B.C. until the A.D. 400s,

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koine

98
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Aristotles student

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alexander

99
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who wrote the republic

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plato

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