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7690522823Knossosbeautiful city in Crete built by the Minoans0
7690522824PolisA city-state in ancient Greece.1
7690522825Herodotusfirst Greek historian, wrote The Histories2
7690522826monarchya king rules the state3
7690522827Sparta & Athenstwo of the most powerful poleis, one was known for political and intellectual achievements4
7690522828HelotsSlaves5
7690522829PericlesRuled during the Golden Age (461-429 BCE) of Greece, created the Council 500 and the People's Court6
7690522830Archonsnobles7
7690522831SocratesGreek thinker that was put to death for questioning Greek religion8
7690522832PlatoStudent of Socrates; opened the Academy and wrote The Republic9
7690522833The RepublicPlato envisioned a society composed of workers, warriors and "philosopher kings"10
7690522834AristotleStudent of Plato's; best known for his ideas about ethics, created the Golden Mean11
7690522835Golden MeanThe perfect average/middle; emphasis on moderation12
7690522836EmpiricismTrusting what one learned from observation and evidence of the senses, rather than emphasizing intuition or religious beliefs13
7690522837PoeticsDefined tragedies and comedies in theater14
7690522838SyncreticCombining of ideas from different sources15
7690522839Euripides & SophoclesGreek playwrights16
7690522840ComediesPlays in which a character triumphs over hardships17
7690522841AristophanesWrote 40 plays and 11 of them are still know; he is considered boring by most students18
7690522842Prometheus BoundTells the story of how Prometheus stole fire from Zeus for the humans; tragedy written by Aeschylus19
7690522843ParthenonTemple in Athens that was destroyed in the Persian Wars and was later rebuilt; a Greek architectural style20
7690522844Cyrus the GreatLeader of the Persian Empire (ruled 559-529 BCE), conquered most of the lands from the Aegean Sea (west of Turkey) to the borders of India21
7690522845Achaemenid EmpireThe first Persian Empire; conquered by Cambyses (who conquered Egypt and part of Southeast Europe)22
7690522846Darius IRuled 522-486 BCE, Persia divided lands it conquered into provinces so that the king's policies announced in the capital of Persepolis could be administered throughout the Empire.23
7690522847Royal RoadSpawned 1,500 miles across the Empire was the most famous of the network of roads built to encourage trade24
7690522848ZoroastrianismFaith created by the prophet Zarathustra, monotheistic (Ahura Mazda)25
7690522849Battle of ThermopylaeXerxes organized a force of thousands and attacked Greece and their allies26
7690522850Peloponnesian WarStarted by Sparta which revolted against paying taxes to Athens27
7690522851Alexander the GreatSon of Phillip II; founded Alexandria and went on many conquests28
7690522852SassanidsThe ones who defeated the Parthians in 224 BCE29

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