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Alexander the great marched into Persia in 334 BC, where he led over 30,000 troops into Anatolia. In 332 BC, he marched into Egypt, where he was crowed pharoah. Alex died of illness at age 32.
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A war between Athens and Sparta, and Sparta won. Battles include Amphipolis, Syracuse, Sphacteria, Delium, Epheseus, Cyzicus, and Spartalos.
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Approximately 477-431, when Athens experienced a growth in learning and wealth.
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Broke up the power of nobility by organizing citizens into ten groups based on where they live. He allowed all citizens to submit laws for debate.
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Greeks had been long settled there and the Persians conquered the area.
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Draco develops the legal code based on the idea that all Athenians the rich and poor, were equal under the law.
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Messians became Helots, forced to stay on the land and work. Spartans took 1/2 of the crops.
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Homer, blind, made his epics, narritive poems, celbrating heroic deeds. The Trojan war poems, the backdrop for a great epic poem, Iliad.
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The Mycenaens fought the ten year war against Troy, a trading city in Anatolia. The army destroyed Troy because the Trojan prince kidnapped Helen, the wife of the Greek king.
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Solon outlawed slavery and organized the Athenians into four social classes.
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A league froms from the several Greek city states. It's name originates from Delos, the island.
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Since the Greek city states were now weakend resource wise because of the Peloponniesian War, Macedonia took charge. In the battle of Chareonea, Greek lost democracy.
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A Persian fleet carried 25,000 men across the Aegian Sea and landed on a plain called the Marathon. The athienians were waiting, and the Persians feld after combat. They lost more than 6,000 soldiers, while the Athenians lost less than 200.
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Xerxes assembled an enormous invasion to crush Athens. Some city states agreed to fight the Persians. Others let Xerxes destroy Athens and return home. 7,000 Greeks blocked the path for 3 days. A traitor informed the Persians about a secret path.
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By 3000 BC, the Minoans lived on the large island of Crete. They created an elegant civilization that had great power in the Mediterranian.
