7242529663 | Hoplites | citizen-soldiers in Ancient Greek city-states; armed with spears and shields in a close formation | 0 | |
7242529664 | Socrates | classical Greek philosopher; taught Plato | 1 | |
7242529665 | Nubia | prosperous empire along the Nile: both conquered and was conquered by Egypt | 2 | |
7242529666 | Mycenae | archaeological site in Greece; had a trade relationship with Crete (which it dominated); rich kings; used Linear B | 3 | |
7242529667 | Hellenistic | after Alexander the Great's conquests | 4 | |
7242529668 | Hellenic | before Alexander the Great's conquests; more isolated and dominated by ethnic Greeks | 5 | |
7242529669 | Agora | civic and market center | 6 | |
7242529670 | Acropolis | citadel on a hill; has shrines (like the Parthenon) | 7 | |
7242529671 | Sargon of Akkad | created Akkadian Empire; started to conquer Sumer | 8 | |
7242529672 | Sparta | Greek city-state; very war-like and militaristic; defeated Athens in Peloponnesian War | 9 | |
7242529673 | Hegemony | accepted rule; people like the benefits | 10 | |
7242529674 | Dominance | forced rule; often uses military might | 11 | |
7242529675 | Neo-Assyrian Empire | in Mesopotamia; practiced forced migration; Ashurbanipal; library at Nineveh | 12 | |
7242529676 | Persian Empire | Indo-Europeans; fought Greek city-states; Cyrus, Cambyses, Darius | 13 | |
7242529677 | Persepolis | one of four capitals built by Darius; very extravagant palaces and pillars; destroyed by the Greeks | 14 | |
7242529678 | Iliad and Odyssey | epics written by Homer | 15 | |
7242529679 | Herodotus | historian; wrote The Persian Wars | 16 | |
7242529680 | Direct democracy | people decide on policies directly | 17 | |
7242529681 | Peloponnesian War | Athens vs Sparta (victor with Persian help) | 18 | |
7242529682 | Plato | taught Aristotle; taught by Socrates; ideal state had a good philosopher-king; founded Academy in Athens | 19 | |
7242529683 | Aristotle | tutor to Alexander; father of logic; taught by Plato | 20 | |
7242529684 | Macedonia | north of Greece; rougher; spoke Greek; Philip II and son Alexander | 21 | |
7242529685 | Alexander the Great | created huge empire in 13 years; died at 33; sometimes brutal, sometimes merciful; generally disliked | 22 | |
7242529686 | The Persian Wars | written by Herodotus, who was very biased; talks about the conflict between Greece and Persia | 23 | |
7242529687 | Battle of Thermopylae | Xerxes tried to invade Athens; lost badly in a naval battle | 24 | |
7242529688 | Battle of Marathon | Greeks won against Persians because they had the home court advantage | 25 | |
7242529689 | Cyrus the Great | merciful; expanded empire a lot; respected customs and religions of those he conquered; won favor with the Jewish; succeeded by son Cambyses II | 26 | |
7242529690 | Darius I | built four capital cities; very rich; worshiped Zoroaster; similar policies to Cyrus; written script, roads, satrapies, irrigation and commerce during his time | 27 | |
7242529691 | Polis | Greek city-state | 28 | |
7242529692 | Minoans | people of Crete, an island kingdom with prosperous trade; relationship with Mycenae; Linear A and Linear B | 29 | |
7242529693 | Olympic Games | held every four years; basically a sports festival | 30 | |
7242529694 | Trireme | war ship with three sets of oars | 31 | |
7242529695 | Athena | patron goddess of Athens; goddess of wisdom and war; Parthenon dedicated to her | 32 | |
7242529696 | Phallocracy | society dominated by men where the male sex is considered superior | 33 | |
7242529697 | Alexandria, Egypt | established by Alexander the Great; had a huge library | 34 | |
7242529698 | Achaemenid Empire | First Persian Empire; founded by Cyrus the Great | 35 |
AP World History Spodek Ch. 5 Flashcards
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