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| Mycenaens | Culture in Greece after the Minoans and before the Dorians |
| Myths | Traditional stories, told by Greeks about their gods to understand the mysteries of nature and humans |
| Oligarchy | Governemnt run by a few powerful people |
| Cleisthenes | After Solon this man continued reforms in Athens. Included in his reforms, creating the Council of 500 and allowed all citizens to submit laws for debate and passage |
| Plato | Philosopher who wrote The Republic. His "Allegory of the Cave" |
| Draco | Although known for his harsh penalties, this man created Athen's first law code |
| Aristotle | This philosopher questiooned the nature of the world. Alexander the Great's tutor, he also classigied all natural things into animal, vegtable or mineral |
| Alexandria | A city in Egypt founded by Alexander the Great. Today it is the second largest city in Egypt. |
| Euclid | Father of Geometry, wrote The Elements |
| Darius III | Persian King who fought against Alexander |
| Macedonia | Alexander the Great's birthplace, just noth of Greece |
| Philip II | King of Macedonia who eventually takes control of Greece |
| Alexander the Great | Son of Philp II whose empire extended across three contenents |
| Solon | A Greek tyrant who made reforms to Athenian government. Reforms included: Creating the Council of 400 based on wealth) and encouraging the growth of two profitable exports, grapes and olives |
| Phalanx | Powerful military formation in Ancient Greece, improved upon by Philip II |
| Polis | Fundemental political unit in Ancient Greece |
| Trojan War | Legendary war, evidence of 9 layers of the city was found by Schleimann in the 1870's |
| Homer | Wrote epics in cluding The Iliad and The Odyssey |
| Acropolis | Fortified hilltop in Ancient Greece |
| Tyrant | in ancient Greece, a powerful individual who gains contro of city-states government by appealing to the poor for support |
| Epics | Narritive poem, celebrating heroic deeds |
| Monarchy | Form of government in which kings rule |
| Democracy | a government conrolled by its citizens either directly or through representatives |
| Peloponnesian War | A war between Athens and Sparta |
| Hippocrates | the father of medicine |
| Archimedes | A scientist who explained levers and invented the compound screw |
| Persian Wars | A series of wars in which the Greek city states battled the Persian Empire |
| Socrates | A philosopher who was put on trial for corrupting the youth of Athens and was sentenced to death for his actions |
