| A | B |
|---|
| political structure | "polis" consisted of independent, autonomous city-states |
| Minoans | 1st Greek culture found in Crete; Linear A is not yet deciphered |
| Mycenaeans | maintained strong military tradition who led Greeks to victory against Trojans; adapted part of Minoan written language (Linear B) |
| Spartans | maintained strong military tradition; afraid of uprising by serfs (helot) |
| Spartans | provided many freedoms for women compared to other Greek city-states |
| Athens | led by Solon; forged compromose btw Athens' social class - allowed aristocrats to keep land while providing representation for common classes |
| Pericles | led Delian League dirng Golden Age of Greece at end of Persian War |
| Pericles | brought Athenian democracy to high point; under rule, promoted massive building program and strong navy, Athenian expansion and arrogance helped spark Peloponnesian War |
| Herodotus | historian recorded events of Persian War, started by Persian emperor Darius; ended with battle at Salamis against Xerxes |
| Greek Architecture and Art | pottery; Archaic, Oriental and Classical, Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian |
| Greek sculpture | archaic, classical, hellenistic |
| Philosophy | Socrates said: "The unexamined life is ont worth living" to explain belief in human logic |
| Plato | emphasized concept of Ideal Forms, Ideal Good or dual world; wrote Republic |
| Aristotle | emphasized belief that philosophers should rely on senses which led to debate btw rationalism and empiricism |
