Vocabulary
barter (pg 343)
city-state (pg 333) comedy (pg 350) democracy (pg 339) ephor (pg 352) helot (pg 353) |
monarchy (pg 339)
oligarchy (pg 339) sanctuary (pg 347) tragedy (pg 350) trireme pg 357) tyranny (pg 340) agora (pg 365) |
alliance (pg 369)
conquest (pg 380) Hellenistic (pg 379) lyric poetry (pg 384) philosopher (pg 372) plague (pg 369) |
Unit Overview
RISE OF CITY-STATES
Worshiping the Gods
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TYPES OF GOVERNMENTS
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ANCIENT GREEK RELIGION
Roles of the Gods
Zeus- the father of the gods, controlled the weather and made the rules for the other gods and humans to follow
Hera- the wife of Zeus and goddess of marriage
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Sparta vs. Athens
THE GOLDEN AGE OF ATHENS
As one of the most influential generals in Athens, Pericles set three major goals to improve Athens.
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Greece vs. Persia
Ten years after their defeat at the Battle of Marathon, the Persian army, under the leadership of King Xerxes, returned to try and conquer Greece.
The first encounter was at the battle at Thermopylae, when the Persian army made most of the Greek army retreat, leaving 300 Spartan soldiers to hold them off; fighting to the death. THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR
After the death of Pericles, Sparta demanded that Athens release all the other cities under their control or face war.
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ALEXANDER THE GREAT
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CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE GREEKS
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