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3090415785GeographyMountains (city state government) Infertile soil (trade) Rough coast (natural harbors, maritime trade) Few natural resources (used creativity for exported goods) Moderate climate (outdoorsy people, led to democracy)0
3090415786CreteAdvanced island civilization in the south of Greece with copper, a strong navy, monarchy, Minoans on the island created the basis for Greek religion, clothing, athletics, Knossos was their capital, mysterious disappearance1
3090415787Linear A & BMinoan language before and after destruction of city, B was deciphered by Ventris2
3090415788Arthur John EvansExcavated Crete 1893, found maze under the city3
3090415789AegusFather of Theseus, great King, gave sacrifice to Minoans for the Minotaur, tried to not let Theseus go, committed suicide4
3090415790TheseusGreat hero, killed Minotaur5
3090415791Icarus and DaedalusDaedalus built the labyrinth that contained the Minotaur, locked in a toward, built wings for him and his son to escape but Icarus died6
3090415792PeloponnesusRegion that became dominant after Minoans, cities of Mycenae, Tiryns, Argos, Sparta, Corinth7
3090415793Mycenaean Age1400-1100 BCE colonies on Crete, Cyprus, Hellespont (Dardanelles)8
3090415794TroyDominated straights into Black Sea, discovered by Heinrich Schliemann9
3090415795BarbaroiGreek word for non-Greeks, 'people who speak queerly'10
3090415796Dark Age of Greece1100 BCE Dorian invasion (with help of iron from the Hittites)11
3090415797Homeric Age1000-800 BCE, monarchy, Iliad and Odyssey described the Homeric age, but was set in the Mycenaean12
3090415798PolisGreek word for city, included a small size, small population, a fort and public meeting place13
3090415799AristocracyRose up in 800 BCE, when the upper class rules14
3090415800Uniting factorsReligion, language, Hellenes, olympics15
3090415801AthensSettled by the Ionians, never conquered by Dorians, sea traders but main city was built inland (port was Pireas) social classes of citizens, metics, slaves, democracy16
3090415802ArĂȘteGreek philosophy to live life to the fullest and do your best17
3090415803SpartaSettled by Dorians, social classes of citizens, neighbors, and helots, killed intelligent slave children because fear of slave revolt, weak Spartan babies killed, ephors ruled Sparta, no gold, harsh laws, communal eating, totalitarian government18
3090415804Life for Boys in SpartaAge 7: live in army barracks Age 20: joined army Age 30: married Age 60: left army and became an Ephor19
3090415805Steps to democracyDraco- code of laws (equality, harsh) Solon- cancels debt, doesn't allow debt to turn to slavery Pisistratus- benevolent tyrant, land reforms and created jobs Cleisthenes- put people in partnership, all citizens can submit laws, council of 50020
3090415806Persian wars21
3090415807CynicsPeople should seek virtue only no pleasure, wealth, social position (Diogenes)22
3090415808StoicsWorld is directed by divine reason, be indifferent to grief, fear, pain, pleasure (Zeno)23
3090415809EpicureansThe aim of life was to seek pleasure and avoid pain24
3090415810AeschylusFather of Greek tragedy (Agamemnon)25
3090415811SophoclesTragedies to defend traditional values (Oedipus)26
3090415812EuripidesTragedies questioning old values (Medea)27
3090415813AristophanesComedy writer (Congress Women)28
3090415814MyronGreek sculptor 'The Discus Thrower'29
3090415815PhidiasFamous sculptor Athena30
3090415816ParthenonTemple to goddess Athena in Athens31
3090415817PythagorasMathematician, geometric theorem32
3090415818EuclidMathematician, geometry into a system 'Elements'33
3090415819ArchimedesMathematician and scientist calculated value of pi, lever34
3090415820HipparchusTrigonometry35
3090415821DemocritusScientist, atoms36
3090415822EratosthenesDiameter of the earth37
3090415823AristarchusHeliocentric system38
3090415824HerodotusFirst great historian wrote about Persian Wars39
3090415825ThucydidesHistory of Peloponnesian War40
3090415826HippocratesFounder of medicine, cures were rest fresh air and proper diet Hippocratic Oath41
3090415827SocratesFirst of the great Greek philosophies, said people should think for themselves and not imitate their elders, Socratic method: asking questions, condemned to death by hemlock42
3090415828PlatoPupil of Socrates, wrote in dialogues, said you cannot determine an attribute or virtue without knowing what virtue is, ideal government was an aristocracy, founded Academy of Athens43
3090415829AristotlePlato's greatest student, taught Alexander the Great, scientist and philosophy, opened the Lyceum44
3097252920Dracocode of laws (equality, harsh)45
3097257407SolonCancelled debts46
3100741121PiristratusBenevolent tyrant, land reforms47
3100745537CleisthenesCouncil of 500 put people in partnership48
3100735120SelecusAsia part of Alexander's empire49
3100748467AntigonusMacedonia and greece50
3100750147PtolemyEgypt and Palestine51
3100752293FederalismDeveloped in Greece after fall of Alexander's empire; when power is shared between central and city state governments52

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