2925012727 | Empire | An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress. | 0 | |
2925017508 | Hegemony | Imperialism where the other group willingly joins (preferable). | 1 | |
2925023378 | Dominance | Imperialism where the other group is unwilling. | 2 | |
2925029291 | Balance of power | When the city states power is balanced. | 3 | |
2925045104 | Satrap/Satrapy | Local administrators | 4 | |
2925050753 | Cyrus the Great | The first Leader of the Persian Empire. Respected his opponents and helped their leader after. | 5 | |
2925061912 | Darius I | More balanced. Most successful. Built a full blown empire. Applied in freedom of religion. | 6 | |
2925076863 | Zoroastrianism | Jesus people started to follow. Monotheistic. | 7 | |
2925086916 | Persepolis | Capital of Persia | 8 | |
2925088770 | Phoenicians (1200 BCE- 539 BCE) | First "mother" culture of Greece made the Birem boat and first alphabet | 9 | |
2925102516 | Minoans | Second "mother" culture of Greece. We can't read their writing. Obsession with bulls and mythology. | 10 | |
2925109890 | Mycenaeans | Third "mother" culture of Greece. Became the dominate region when they defeated the Trojans. | 11 | |
2925115458 | Trojans | Fourth "mother" culture of Greece. Defeated by the Mycenaean. | 12 | |
2925121417 | Greek Religion | Polytheistic. Gods had flaws and human characteristics. | 13 | |
2925123712 | Athens | Democracy. Leader among the Greek city- states | 14 | |
2925137990 | Sparta | Greek city-state most famous for their strong army and rigorous war education form an early age. | 15 | |
2925139843 | Lycurgus | Spartan leader who created an army. | 16 | |
2925141499 | Helots | Slaves in Sparta used to take care of the land. | 17 | |
2925153252 | Cleisthenes (508 BCE) | Did away with aristocratic family centers of power by registering each according to geographical residence. | 18 | |
2925159869 | Demes | A rural village in Ancient Greece. | 19 | |
2925162308 | Athenian Democracy | Male citizens had equal political rights, freedom of speech, and the opportunity to participate directly in the political arena. | 20 | |
2925171650 | Hoplite | Greek soldier | 21 | |
2925184190 | Phalanx | Formation where the front row would act as shields row 2 would have long spears. | 22 | |
2925219300 | Persian Wars | The Greek city-states join together to fight the Persians. | 23 | |
2925221484 | Xerxes | king of the Persian Achaemenid Empire. | 24 | |
2926317296 | The Battle of Marathon | One of the first Greek/ Persian wars. The Greeks win. (ask) | 25 | |
2926333234 | Golden Age of Athens | Flourishing time for Athens | 26 | |
2926340320 | Herodotus | Father of the Western World (Historian) | 27 | |
2926346522 | Thucydides | Chronicled a war between Athens and Sparta | 28 | |
2926355648 | Arete | Human excellence | 29 | |
2926359617 | Sophists | Wise men tought how to tink | 30 | |
2926364137 | Philosophy | The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge. | 31 | |
2926368303 | Socrates | Got in fights with sophists. Out smarted many people. | 32 | |
2926375294 | Socratic Method | Asking questions to lead people to the truth. | 33 | |
2926377246 | Plato | Made a school (academy) thought women should be equal . | 34 | |
2926383921 | Aristotle | Best student in academy. Wrote the most. | 35 | |
2926389287 | Greek Theatre | Dramas of love, justice... etc. | 36 | |
2926394685 | Peloponnesian War | War against Athens and Sparta. Who won? | 37 | |
2926426887 | Philip II | The Macedonian King and Alexander the Greats father. | 38 | |
2926462555 | Alexander the Great | Defeated much of Greece. Created the largest empire of the time. | 39 | |
2926482755 | Benevolent Despotism | Absolute Monarchy | 40 | |
2926488115 | Hellenistic Empire | After Alexander died and people started to get out of control. | 41 |
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