Ancient Greece!
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- Acropolis
- fortified part of Ancient Greece
- Minoans
- Civilization_reached its height between 1600 BCE - 1500 BCE, located on the island of Crete, polytheistic
- Herodotus
- "Father of History" recorded history
- Oligarchy
- government by few
- Tyranny
- unjust use of absolute governmental power
- Hoplite
- heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece
- Mycenaeans
- 1400 BCE - 1200 BCE, sea traders, warriors ruled the city-states
- Plato
- Greek Philosopher, teacher of Aristotle
- Thucydides
- Greek historian, recorded important parts of Pelopanisian war
- Cleisthenes
- an Athenian, started democracy, reformed Athenian constitution
- Hellenistic Age
- 323 BCE - 31BCE
- Monarchy
- ruled by one person, normally inherits power
- Persian War
- series of conflicts between Greek city-states and the Persians
- Ephors
- body of five elected magistrates excersising a supervisory power over the king of Sparta
- Socrates
- Greek Philosopher, teacher of Plato
- Pisistratus
- Athenian Tyrant, supported athletic contests
- Democracy
- government by the people
- Aristorcracy
- upper class rules
- Helots
- a person who serves
- Dalian league
- prepared for future invasion by the Persians
- Phalanx
- fighting technique used by Alexander the Great, people grouped together with spears and shields
- Dorian Invasions
- used to decribe the replacement of tradition and dialect in ancient Greece
- Hellenic Culture
- ancient Greek culture, consisting of its city-states
- Ostracism
- temporary banishment
- Homer
- Greek Poet, wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
- Peloponnesian War
- conflict between Athenian and Pelopanisian league
- Polis
- city-state
- Archon
- high official
- Athens
- city-state that started as a monarchy and evolved into an aristocracy
- Solon
- lawgiver and poet, reformed the Athenian caste system
- Alexander The Great
- King of Macedon, Leader and Architect
- Aristotle
- Greek Philosopher, teacher of Alexander the Great!
- Sparta
- Greek city-state that was ruled by an oligarchy, focused on military, used slaves, discouraged art
- Pericles
- Athenian leader who advanced democracy