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Held at Olympia in the Greek city-state of Elis. It was held very 4 years. honored the Greek god Zeus.
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They were really harsh. The purpose was to resolve unequal accessibility to the acquirement of legal knowledge of oral law by replacing such with a written constitution.
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Darius the great set up traps throughout his empire to help keep the peace.
On the approach of Alexander, he retired toward Bactria but was deposed and killed by the Bactrian satrap Bessus. -
Tyrants sometimes lost power because they were overthrown by the people, a king inherits power, but a tyrant seizes it.
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Xerxes, son of Darius, attempts to invade Greece with arm of immortals.
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There were many city-states with different forms of government. Was contrasted with governance by elites, by one person, by tyrants.
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Responsible for both the Athenian democracy and the Athenian empire.
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Ended with the decisive Athenian victory at the Battle of Marathon.
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Part of the first invasion of Greece.
The battle was fought on the Marathon plain of northeastern Attica.
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Persia invaded Greece at Marathon.
Cyrus the great builds an empire. -
Took place in the late summer of 480 BC.
The4major cause of the battle can be traces back to the Ionian revolt.
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The Socratic method is also known as the method of Elenchus, elenctic method, or Socratic debate.
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The ancient Athenians built the Parthenon in just eight or nine years.
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Athens dominated the sea while Sparta dominated the land.
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Known as the best known and most widely read and studied philosophers.
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Machine that could hurl heavy objects or shoot arrows with great force and for considerable distances.
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Founded by Plato . Athens studded there for twenty years.
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Considered one of the greatest thinkers in politics, psychology and ethics.
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Created the League of Corinth during the winter of 338BC/337.
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Alexander the Great created an empire that defeated the Persian empire Capital was Alexandria.
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Fought near the city of chaeronea in Boeotia.
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Also referred to as the Hellenic League.
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Also referred to as the Hellenic League. Was a confederation of Greek states. Created by Phillip II.
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Presumed author of the load and odyssey. Which are two epic poems that are central works of Ancient Greek literature.
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Doomed from birth .
