Ap Flashcards

8305477350	Aegean Region	Cradle of western civilization	0
8305477351	Minoans	earliest Greek civilization that had developed on the island of Crete by 2600 B.C.	1
8305477352	Palace at Knossos	The ____ was the palace of Minoan King Minos.	2
8305477353	Mycenaeans	Greek speaking Indo-European tribes from Central Asia	3
8305477354	Dark Age	a time when civilization falls apart	4
8305477355	Dorians	brought iron weapons to the Greeks	5
8305477356	Ionians	Reintroduced Greek culture; end of dark age, beggining of Hellenic Age	6
8305477357	Hellenic Age		7
8305477358	Horner's epics	Hiad and Odyssey	8
8305477359	Colonies	Spread hellenic culture	9
8305477360	Polis	A city-state in ancient Greece.	10
8305477361	Sparta	an ancient Greek city famous for military prowess	11
8305567384	7 years old	Spartan boy moves into military house	12
8305567385	20 years old	Soldiers	13
8305567386	30 years old	Expected to marry	14
8305567387	60 years old	Retirement	15
8305567388	Oligarchy	A government ruled by a few powerful people	16
8305567389	Helots	Spartan slaves	17
8305567390	Perioci	Free individuals	18
8305567391	Athens	Tea	19
8305567392	Archons	Rulers in ancient Athens of polis	20
8305567393	Solon	Freed slaves	21
8305567394	Pisistratus	Distributed land to poor	22
8305567395	Cleisthenes	An aristocrat, created a council of 500 and helped from Athenian democracy	23
8305567396	Barbarism	Greek sees themselves superior to Non-greeks	24
8305567397	Trojan War	Mycenaeans vs Trojans	25
8305567398	Persian War	Threat from persia united the greeks	26
8305567399	Battle of Marathon	Greek victory over the Persian army that ended the First Persian War	27
8305567400	Phidippides	Fastest runner who brought the message of victory to athens	28
8305567401	Battle of Salamis	Athenian revenge	29
8305567402	Battle of Plataea	In 479 B.C. The Spartans and the Athenians unite and the Persians flee. This is the last battle.	30
8305567403	Golden Age	period of great cultural achievement	31