AP World 4 & 5 Flashcards
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| 93202520 | Cyrus | founder of the Achaemenid Persian empire; conquered Media, Lydia, & Babylon | 0 | |
| 93202521 | Darius I | third ruler of the Persian empire; began the construction of Persepolis; expanded Persian control to the east and west | 1 | |
| 93202522 | Herodotus | author of the Persian Wars; became known as the "father of history" | 2 | |
| 93202523 | Pericles | aristocratic leader that led the state into an all male citizen demoracy; oversaw the construction of the Acropolis; his policy of imperial expansion led to the Peloponnesian War | 3 | |
| 93202524 | Socrates | a philospher who was condemned for questioning traditional beliefs, therefore revealing ignorance of others | 4 | |
| 93202525 | Xerxes | son and successor of Darius I, led an invasion on the Greeks | 5 | |
| 93202526 | Themistocles | military leader of the Atheninans; saved them from persian invasian, but eventually he went to work for Persia (traitor!!!!) | 6 | |
| 93202527 | Alexander ("the great") | king of macedonia; conquered Persian Empire; founded many Greek style cities and spread Greek culture across the middle east | 7 | |
| 93202528 | tyrant | someone who seized and held power in violaton of the normal procedures of the community | 8 | |
| 93202529 | trireme | greek and Phoeniian warships powered by oars | 9 | |
| 93202530 | Peloponnesian Wars | conflict between Athens and Sparta sparked by Athenian imperialism. Sparta won due to Athenian errors and Persian financial support | 10 | |
| 93202531 | Polis | Greek term for city-state | 11 | |
| 93326654 | Alexandria | city founded by Alexander on the coast of Egypt; capital of the Hellenistic kingdom; home of the famous library and Museum (center for leadingscientific and literary figures | 12 | |
| 93326655 | Hellenistic Age | the time after Alexander's death when the empire was broken up into smaller states greatly influenced by greek culture | 13 | |
| 93326656 | Hellenes | the many rulers of Alexander's broken up empire during the Hellenistic age | 14 | |
| 93326657 | What were the three main kingdoms of the Hellenistic age ? | Seleucid, Ptolemaic, and Antigonid | 15 | |
| 93326658 | Hoplite | Heavily armored infantryman during the Archaic and Classical periods who fought in close formation | 16 | |
| 93326659 | Thesmophoria | festival commemorating Demeter and the loss of her daughter Persephone to Hades | 17 | |
| 93372390 | Persian Wars | ... | 18 | |
| 93372391 | Acropolis | rocky outline on which the Panthenon was built; center of Greek culture | 19 | |
| 93372392 | Satrap | governor of a province in the Persian Empire; responisble for protection of the province, and foreding tribute to the main administration | 20 | |
| 93372393 | Delin League | voluntary alliance of Greek states to fight Persia | 21 |