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Rate of English Words With Greek Roots 1 out of every 8 What Greeks Taught Us how to reason and think The Three Main Greek Exports Olive Oil, Grains, Grapes (wine) Because the Greeks Were Active... They had open minds and lived longer. Crete was located in... The Eastern Medditeranian between Greece, Egypt, and Asia Minor Crete's Culture was Influenced by civilizations like... Egypt Ways that the Minoan Age Might have Ceased are... Earthquake, Volcanic Eruption, Invasion The leading city where Migrants settled is... Mycenae Homer was a... poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odessy How the Trojan War started is... when Helen, the wife of the Spartan king, was kidnapped dark ages 400 year gap when Greek civilization stagnated polis city-state why there were polies Greece was divided up with mountains Greek armies were mostly made of... soldier-citizens tyrant a cruel dictator two biggest city-states Athens and Sparta Peisistratus, Draco, Solon, Cleithenes rulers of Athens The Assembly lawmaking body Council of 500 propose laws and advise Assembly ostracism banishment of citizen because they have to much power Spartan Life military bootcamp Battle of Marathon battle between Greeks and Persians amount of Spartan soldiers sent to delay Persians 300 the two types of Athenian plays comedy and tradegy what drama was for tribute to gods Socrates, Plato, Aristophanes philosophers Peloponnesian War civil war between Athens and Sparta length of Peloponnesian War 27 years Thucydides recorded Peloponnesian War Alexander unified Greece and expanded empire age of Alexander's death 33 Hellenistic Era rich new age in Greece Rome young new power in Italy