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Persian Leaders
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The first leader of Persia, known for letting conquered kingdoms keep their religion.
What is Cyrus the great
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Area of the first Persian-Greek Battle, According to legend a runner ran 26 miles after the victory, marking the same distance people run today
What is Marathon?
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Man who designed Sparta's military culture after a slave revolt
Who is Lycurgus
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an agreement to work together
What is Alliance
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Philip II's son, conquered and enslaved Thebes to set an example to Greece, built an empire that would make him one of the greatest conquerors in history, brilliant military commander
What is Alexander the Great
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Cyrus the Great's son, killed during a rebellion
Who is Cambyses?
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a narrow mountain pass where Spartan soldiers held off Persian forces, until they were outflanked and decimated, leading the Persians to burning Athens
What is Thermopylae
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Qualities that Spartans most needed
What are Self Discipline and Obedience
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a war between Athens and Sparta that threatened to tear all of Greece apart
What is the Peloponnesian War
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Greek Like - mixing of Greek culture with Persian, Egyptian, Syrian and other cultures
What is Hellenistic
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A young prince who brought back stability to the Persian Empire, he helped expand and improve Persian society
Who is Darius I?
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Location of narrow straits, where the Athenian Navy led Persian Ships, the Athenians quickly outmaneuvered the Persian Navy and sunk or retreated remaining Persians
What is Salamis
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own land, run their households, physical training
What are Rights of Spartan Women
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learned only household tasks, had almost no rights, could not participate in gov't, leave their homes, or buy anything
What are Rights of Athenian Women
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the Father of History
Who is Herodotus
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Organizing the empire into provinces, Installing Satraps to help maintain order in the empire, Built many roads, installed the Persian Messenger system, built a capital Persepolis, brought order through Zoroastrianism, Expanded the Empire into the Indus Valley
What are Darius's Accomplishments?
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Location of the final Persian-Greek Battle, that ended the Persian Wars
What is Plataea
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Slaves in Sparta, greatly outnumbered citizens
What are Helots?
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alliance of Greek City-States under Athens
What is Delian League
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lived from 470 to 399 B.C. encouraged his young students to examine their beliefs by asking them a series of questions
Who is Socrates
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Darius's son, renewed war with Greece and eventually lost, though never losing the Persian Empire
Who is Xerxes I?
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Winner of the Persian Wars
What is Greece
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alliance of Greek City States under Sparta
What is the Peloponnesian League
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Winner of the Peloponnesian War
What is Sparta
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Plato's brightest student, lived from 384 to 322 B.C. invented a method of debating that followed rules of logic
Who is Aristotle