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Athens Alexander the Great

Persian / Peloponnesian Wars

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• This famous Greek story is takes place during the Trojan War

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• The Illiad

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• Athens was the first to practice this type of goverment

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• Democracy

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• During it’s “golden age” what where the 3 goals that that city leaders had for Athens?

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• (1) to strengthen Athenian democracy, (2) to hold and strengthen the empire (through the Navy), and (3) to glorify Athens

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• These three philosophers tried to change the way Athenians / the world thought

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• Socrates• Plato• Aristotle

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• This man was in charge of Athens during most of the cities “golden age.”

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• Pericles

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• Alexander was originally from this country, located just north of Greece.

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• Macedonia

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• ______________ was the father of Alexander the Great

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• Phillip

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• Alexander the Great was said to have descended from this Ancient Greek war hero

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• Achilles

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• Where did Alexander found the city of Alexandria?

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• Egypt

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• Alexandria was the key city in this cultural movement which blended Egyptian, Persian, Greek, and Indian cultures.

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• Hellenistic Culture

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• Boys at the age of 7 began training for the military in this Ancient Greek city state.

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• Sparta

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• This courageous leader led 300 of his men against the massive Persian army at the Battle of Thermopile

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• Leonidas

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• Athens became the leader of this league of united Greek city states, dedicated to kicking the Persians out of Greece

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• The Delian League

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• Who were the two main groups fighting during the Peloponnesian Wars?

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• Athens and Sparta

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• What two “disasters” caused Athens to lose the war?

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• Plague killed about 1/3-2/3’s of the population.

• The Athenian naval fleet was decimated when they tried to attack a Spartan ally.

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• What is the name of this building?

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• The Parthenon

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• Greek dramas were usually fell into these two categories

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• Tragedies • Comedies

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• Greek theater originally started as these…

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• Rude Songs, or Goat Songs

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• Explain this picture:

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• It is Plato’s Allegory of the Cave

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• What is this battle formation called?

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• A Phalanx

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• This poet is credited with having written the Iliad and the Odyssey

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• Homer

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This is the Greek word for City or State

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• Polis

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• An outside theater is called an…

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• Amphitheater

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• Phillip and Alexander’s improvement upon this Greek fighting tactic was called a….

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• Macedonian Phalanx

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• This Alexandrian man correctly estimated the value of Pi, said you could lift the entire Earth with a lever large enough, and created a type of water pump, which is still in use today.

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• Archimedes