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Ancient Greece. Chapter 5 Human Legacy. The richest source of information about the Minoan way of life. frescoes. Considered to be the first Greeks. Mycenaeans. Tells the story of the last year of the Trojan War. the Iliad. Foot soldiers. hoplites .
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Ancient Greece Chapter 5 Human Legacy
The richest source of information about the Minoan way of life frescoes
Considered to be the first Greeks Mycenaeans
Tells the story of the last year of the Trojan War the Iliad
Foot soldiers hoplites
Public marketplace where people did business, gossiped, and discussed politics agora
Rule by a few individuals oligarchy
Battle that left the Persian army stranded in Greece without naval support Salamis
The battle in which the Athenians defeated the Persians after the first invasion Marathon
The art of playwriting drama
Spartan slaves helots
Macedonian King who Conquered every major city-state in Greece except Sparta Philip II
Became king of Macedonia and Greece after Philip II was assassinated. Alexander the Great
Became king of Macedonia and Greece after Alexander’s death Antigonus
Philosophy that rejected pleasure, wealth, and social responsibility Cynicism
Method of learning through questions Socratic method
Calculated the circumference of the globe Eratosthenes
Argued that people should use reason to help them learn about the world Aristotle
Philosophers who equated pleasure with good Epicureans
Made tribes, not families or social groups, the basis for elections Cleisthenes
Emphasize reason, self-discipline, emotional control, and personal morality Stoics
An alliance of several Greek city-states led by Athens Delian League
Greek poet Sappho or Pindar
Sea battle that stranded the Persian army in Greece without naval support Salamis
Wrote the Republic Plato
Historians who examined his sources critically and excluded those that were unreliable Thucydides