 | Term | Definition |
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Sparta |
Powerful Greek city-state that had a powerful military |
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Helots |
the people that were conquered by the invaders |
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Spartan Government |
two kings: one led army, one took care of household affairs; had a council and assmebly |
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Ephors |
made sure the king stayed within law |
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Athens |
Powerful city in Ancient Greece that was a leader in arts, sciences, philosophy, democracy and architecture. |
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Draco |
created athen's first written law code |
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Solon |
settled disputes between creditors and debtors by erasing the debts of the poor and outlawing slavery for debt |
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Peisistratus |
a tyrant that ruled over Athens that improved the economy but clashed with the nobles |
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Cleisthenes |
seized power in Athens and turned it into a democracy |
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Direct Democracy |
all citizens participated directly in making decisions |
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Representative Democracy |
citizens elect representatives to govern for them |
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Pedagogue |
male slave who taught boys manners |
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Terracing |
carving small, flat plots of land from hillsides |
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Ethics |
deals with good and bad and moral duty |
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Rhetoric |
study of oratory or public speaking or debating |
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Sophists |
men who opened schools for older boys |
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Persian Wars |
Series of conflicts between Greece and Persia untill 479 B.C |
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Xerxes |
Persian leader who invaded Greece (son of Darius) |
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Macedonia |
An ancient civilization in Greece near the Aegean Sea. |
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Battle of Thermoplyae |
A battle between the persians and spartans and the spartans were out numbered greatly |
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Delian League |
alliance of city-states with Athens as leader |
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Pericles |
great general, orator and statesman who held public office or was active in public life |
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Peloponnesian War |
Wars between Athens and Sparta |
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Results of Peloponnesian war |
Greece was politically unstable |
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