Notes
Chapter 9 & 10
Greece
-Periocei- Merchants and artisans of Sparta
-Oligarchy-Government controlled by small group
-Assembly-Group that passed laws and decided questions of war and peace
-Helots-Enslaved farm workers of Sparta
-Civil War-War between groups of citizens
-Aristocrat-Nobles who held political power in Sparta
-Trojan War-war fought over Helen of Troy
-Crete-Birth place of Minoan civilizations
-Democratic-Favoring the equality of all people
-Constitution Rules and ides by which a community is governed
-Bull leaping-form of bullfighting
-Polis-Geographic or political center of Greek Life
-The Minoans were known as Cretans
-Knossos was the largest city in Crete
-Watercolor paintings on plaster are called frescos
-The Dark Age is the period between Civil Wars and the Dorian Invasion
-Homer was a Greek poet
-Cleisthenes made changes in the government allowing Athens to be run by a
council of 500 chosen by lot.
-The Mycenaean’s migrated from southern Russia
-Thebes was the last city-state to take over the leadership of an independent Greece.
-Cities in ancient Greece developed around the agora
-Military Strength was the central interest of the city-state of Sparta
-Aristocrats ran Sparta’s Government
-The Delian League was and alliance of city-states against Persia led by Athens
-Crete was located on an island in the Mediterranean Sea
-The Sea and Navy are what the Minoan cities depended upon for protection
-Each city-state had between 5000 and 10000 citizens
-Two Greek city-states were Sparta and Athens
-Sparta had a strong Army
-Athens had a strong Navy
-Sparta was in the south-central region of Greece
-Sparta had on Goal to be Military Strong
-Athenians spent their wealth on triremes or warships
-The Greek city-states formed a defensive league
-Athenian men left home and became mercenaries or hired soldiers in the Persian
Army
-Phillip II of Macedonia conquered Greece
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