Erikson World History Unit 1- Early Democracy
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- Athens
- mecca(center of greece), was a city that governed itself and they created the council to adminster laws and stuided art,philosophy,and polictics
- Sparta
-
miltant/authoritative
warriors
did'nt focus on the humiantes - Acropolis
- hilltop fortess
- Polytheistic
- people who worship many gods
- Democracy
- rule by the people
- Direct Democracy
- people rule directly and made decisons for themselves
- Representative Democracy
- people choose a person
- Socrates
-
one most powerful thinkers
he believed there were absolute standards for truth and justice - Aristotle
- a student of plato,created the basis for the scienctific methond , taught alexander
- Monarchy
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state ruled by king
some rules claim divine right(they are the closet thing to god) - Aristocracy
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state ruled by nobility
based on land ownership
social status - Pericles
- a skillful politican and a respected general, he strengthen athenian democracy and hold and strengthen the empire and to glorify athens
- The Golden Years
- greece goes to the peak of its civillzation
- Alexander The Great
- a person from macedonia, he was hellenistic and conquered much of known world during that time
- Darius III
- a persian emperor who fought alexander and lost (did not fight with his troops)
- Oligarchy
-
state ruled by small group of citizens
rule is based on wealth - Classical Art
- the art of anicent greece and rome which harmony,order , and balence were emphasized
- Hellenistic Age
- a type of age and alexander created it
- Persian Wars-
- alexander the great conquers persia by defeating darius III and claming persia for greece
- Peloponnesian War
- 27 year war, sparata won due to a plague and athens becomes weak`
- Stoicism
-
zeno of cyprus
life modeled after nature
avoided excesses and attended to duty and controled emotions - Epicureanism
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epicurus
sought pleasure in moderation (freedom from pain in the body and trouble in the mind) - Skepticism
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pyrrho of elis
voice doubts about anything - Cyncism
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diogenes
violating laws, exposing corruption,vice,and hypocrisy - republic
- a form of government where the power rests with the citizens who have the right to vote
- patricians
- landowners, had most of the power
- plebeians
- common farmers that did not have much power