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Minoan Civilization

 first Europeans civilization located in Crete

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Crete

Crossroads location between 3 continents: Europe, Asia, and Africa

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Palace at Knossos

 1700 BC and 1400 BC built a vast palace in city of Knossos

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Frescos

 A painting technique that involves using wet paint directly on the plaster so that they combine

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Mycenaeans

designed and built remarkable bridges, fortification walls, and beehive-shaped tomb

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Trojan war

a conflict between Mycenaean Greeks and the city of Troy sparked by Paris, son of the King of Troy, abducting Helen, the queen to a Greek Spartan king, and fleeing back to Troy.

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Homer

Famous poet/Philosopher and is the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey

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The Illad

Famous poem written by Homer

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The Odyssey 

Famous Poem written by Homer

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Democracy

a way of governing which depends on the will of the people.

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Polis & Acropolis

Was built on the hilltop with marble temples dedicated to different gods and goddesses. 

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Monarchy

Hereditary ruler (king, queen) holds central power

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Aristocracy

Hereditary landholding upper class rules

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Oligarchy

Small, wealthy, elite, exorcises power.

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Phalanx

new method of fighting, tactical formation of heavily armed foot soldiers. It required long hours of drill to master. Shared training created a strong sense of unity among the citizen-soldiers.

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Sparta

 Approx. 800 BC - 146 BC

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Helots

Peloponnesus people turned into state-owned slaves.

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Athens

officials, who ran day-to-day affairs.

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Cleisthenes

set up the Council of 500

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Council of 500

to draft the deliberations (problematical) for discussion and approval in the Ecclesia.

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Tyrant

A cruel and oppressive ruler

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Legislator

a deliberative assembly with the legal authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country, nation or city on behalf of the people therein

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Persian Wars

492–449 BC

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Alliance

a bond or connection between families, states, parties, or individuals

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Delian League

a confederacy of Greek city-states, numbering between 150 and 330, founded in 478 BC under the leadership (hegemony) of Athens

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