Ancient Greece
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- Homer
- A blind poet who lived around 750 BCE. He is credited for writing two influencial epic poems: The Iliad, and The Odyssey.
- Ostracism
- The process of banishing a leader from the state if the public feels that they are a threat to democracy
- Pisistratus
- An Athanian tyrant who came to power in 546 BCE
- Helots
- Slaves owned by the Spartan state.
- Aristotle
- A student of Plato. He studied at the aAademy until Plato's death. He also founded a school, and was the tutor of Alexander the Great for three years of him childhood
- Plato
- Socrates' most famous student. He wrote most of what we know about Socrates. He founded the Academy, and was the tutor of Aristotle.
- Persian Wars
- A series of battles in wich Greece fought Persia
- Alexandeer the Great
- The son of Philip of Macedon. He created the first global Empire, though he never conquered Persia. He was one of the greatest military leaders of all time.
- Dorian Invasions
- Cerca 1100 BCE-900 BCE: The invasion of the Dorian civilization into Mycenaean territory. Once the Mycenaean nation ended ,the greek clture tok a stap back; skills, such as writing, were forgotten.
- Acropolis
- The high city in a city state. This often contained marble temples to honor the gods.
- Thucydides
- A historian who wrote about the Peloponnesian War using research and avoiding bias
- Pereicles
- A leader of Athens during the city's Golden Age
- Solon
- A wise leader who became the archon of Athens in 594 BCE.
- Monarchy
- A form of government in which a hereditary ruler has control
- Democracy
- A form of government by the people.
- Archon
- A chief in the democracy of Athens
- Tryanny
- A government where the leader gained power by force
- Polis
- A city-state
- Athens
- An influencial city-state thet was located in Attica.
- Delian League
- A treaty between the Greecian city-states; Athens was the leader
- Herodotus
- Lived from 484 BC to 425 BCE. He is known as the "Father of History."
- Hellenic Cultures
- 323 BCE-1146 BCE: This period in Greece
- Phalanx
- A military formation that involved hoplites
- The Hellenistic Age
- After the reign of Alexander the Great, Greek culture spread.
- Oligarchy
- Small, wealthy elite have the power.
- Cleisthenes
- A tryrant who established the Counsil of 500, and made the counsil a legislature.
- Sparta
- A city state located in the sothern part of Peloponnesus. Established by the Dorians, it became one of the most influencial city states that i still known for it's military.
- Hoplite
- A heavily-armed foot soldier
- Ephors
- Elected officials who handled daily affairs.
- Aristocracy
- A system of government, where elite landowners rule.
- Mycenae
- Cerca 100 BCE-1400BCE An Indo-European cilivilization of sea traders that conquered the Minoans.
- Minoans
- The ancient civilization that lived in Crete. It was unearthed by a British archaeologist who named them the Minoans in honor of Minos, a king of Crete. It reached its hight between 1600 and 1500 BCE and vanished around 1400 BCE.
- Socrates
- A Greek philosipher who believed he knew nothing, but the fact that he knew nothing. He questioned everything, and was tried, and put to death by poisen. Most of what we know about him comes from the writings of him most famous student, Plato.
- Peloponnesian Wars
- Battles fought between Athens and Sparta