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Persian war

Conflict between Greek city states and Persian empire that started an ionian revolt

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431 to 404 BCE the war between Athens and Sparta, which Sparta won but left Greece has a whole week ready to fall to its neighbors to the north

Peloponnesian war

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Formation of a soldiers carrying shields close together for defense, any very close group of people

Phalanx

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The king of Macedonia that led the march into Greece and conquered it, however, due to his love and admiration for Greek culture he adopted it and allowed it to grow. He was assassinated when his son Alexander was 20 given rise to his power.

King Philip II

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Between 334 and 323 BCE, he conquered the Persian empire reach the indigenous valley found many Greek style cities and spread Greek culture across the Middle East

Alexander, the great

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A type of culture typically referred as the Greek like after the conquest of the Alexander, the great

Hellenistic

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A Greek philosopher was a student of plateau started a famous school called the academy taught Alexander the great

Aristotle

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An alliance between Athens and many of its Allied cities fall. The Persian wars caused a lot of wealth to follow into Athens and dust contribute to the Athens, golden age many viewed Athens as an empire.

Delian league

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Leak created and led by Sparta that consisted of Sparta and their allies. This was created in response to Athenians growing power.

Peloponnesian league

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Naval battle during which Athenian Navy trick the Persian ships to fight in a narrow channel of water, Athens was victorious

Battle of Salmis (480 BC)

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Greek Athens victory over the Persian army that ended the first Persian war. The Athenian had better weapons and tackle tactics the Persians return 10 years later to continue this war.

Battle of marathon

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Battle during which 300 Spartans fought thousands of prisons soldiers and a narrow mountain past the Spartans lost this power however, the hectic move, save the life and helped Greeks south of Thermopylae to prepare their person tech

Battle of Therm Spray Thermopylae

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This was the final battle of the Persian war

Battle of Plataea

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A body of stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how world works religion of the ancient Greeks

Mythology

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A short story usually with animals as characters that teach a lesson or moral

Fables

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Greek slave who won his freedom and became famous for the fables he wrote

Aesop

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Greek athletes contest held every four years to honor that God Zeus

Greek Olympics

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Greek philosopher, Socratic method questioning sentence to death for corrupting Athens youth

Socrates

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soda Kats, most well-known people found in Academy in Athens teacher of Aristotle

Plato

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Greek philosopher, a people of plateau. The tutor of Alexander the great wrote many great scientific works.

Aristotle

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A Greek philosopher and mathematician this man was created with development of squared numbers and Pythagorean theorem

Pythagoras

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A squared plus B squared equals C squared

Pythagorean theorem

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Father of medicine during the golden age in Greece he was a scientist that believed all disease came from a natural cause. He also had high ideas for physicians and oath was made that still use today.

Hippocrates

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A promise made new physicians to treat all people fairly and to seek to preserve life name after an ancient Greek physician who was created with writing

Hippocratic oath

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Greek mathematician considered to be father of modern geometry

Euclid

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Was known as the father of history, he wrote about the culture of people and the second Persian war

Herodotus

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And Athenian historian that general he wrote detailed accounts of the Peloponnesian wars

Thucydides

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Love of wisdom

Philosophy

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Lover of or search for wisdom or knowledge person who regulates his or her life by reason

Philosopher

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An educated question

Hypothesis

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Persian emperor, who organized the empire into 20 different provinces and expanded the empire attack against the Greeks in the battle of marathon in lost

Darius the first

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Son of Daris became Persian king. He vowed revenge on eighth and Indian. He invaded Greece and fought in the battle of Thermopylae salamis and platea

Xerxes

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Founder of Persian Empire

Cyrus The great

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