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In Homer, the term for the place of gathering, the assembly of the people. In the city-state period it denoted the public space of a city or town, being both the marketplace and the civic center. Lingering in the _____ was the best way to inform oneself about public affairs, make business contacts, and collect gossip. The most famous is the _____ of Athens. The Romans had a similar space called the forum.	Agora	60%
Codified the Athenians laws around 620. Created the system for homicide that created courts and trials for this problem instead of families taking it into their own hands.	Draco	60%
a big polis or city-state, very populated and more like a hub	Metropolis	60%
The civilization at Cnossus on the island of Crete	Minoans	60%
Beginning in the eighth century, a term used to designate a political community composed of a principal city or town and its surrounding countryside, which together formed a self-governing entity, the city-state. The small ______ was the principal form of Greek community throughout antiquity, numbering in the high hundreds by the fifth century. Except in Sparta, (term but plural) generally had some sort of republican government, whether oligarchic or democratic.	Polis	60%
alphabet (definition needed)	Alphabet	40%
(definition needed) Athens	Athens	40%
First, most tyrants arose from the elite group, although not necessarily from the top-ranked families. Cypselus of Corinth (c. 657–627), for instance, was marginalized within the prominent “clan” of the _______, because his mother, a _____, had married outside the clan. Second, would-be tyrants were distinguished in their poleis for their personal achievements. Cypselus, prior to seizing control, had held the post of polemarch (military commander) in Corinth, as had another famous tyrant, Orthagoras of Sicyon (mid-seventh century). Cylon of Athens, whose attempted coup in 632 failed, had won fame as a victor in the Olympic games. Finally, despite tyrants’ attempts to form dynasties by passing on their rule to their sons, few tyrannies lasted more than three generations, and most collapsed after one or two.	Bacchiads	40%
The period of Greek history extending from the appearance of bronze technology in the Aegean basin (c. 3000 BC) to the fall of the Mycenaean kingdoms (c. 1200 BC)	Bronze Age	40%
The location of a huge complex on the island of Crete. It was inhabited by the Minoans	Cnossus	40%
describing the grouping of Greeks as they migrated toward the West and Mediterranean lands	Colony	40%
The 10 tribes of Cleisthenes created a new council composed of 50 members of each tribe. Each tribe represented the whole council for a 10th of the year.	Council of the Five Hundred	40%
The island with a huge complex located at Cnossus. It was positioned between all three continents	Crete	40%
Olympic victor tried to rise above and become a tyrant before being besieged by the Athenians,	Cylon	40%
(definition needed) Cyrus II	Cyrus II	40%
(definition needed) Persian king before Xerxes	Darius I	40%
The term used to describe a large group of people who shared a common identity and territory but were not politically united, preferring local self-government. From the sixth century on, the Greek (plural of term) increasingly acted as unified states by forming federations of local and regional segments of the ______. By the fourth century, _____ confederacies and leagues played a prominent, and even a dominant, role in the geopolitics of Greece.	Ethnos	40%
(definition needed) Gelon	Gelon	40%
A more advanced style that emerged out of previous style around 900 - 700 BC. This style features more meander lines, zig zags, triangles, and crosshatches. Signs of this art were normally associated with the wealthy.	Geometric style	40%
Co tyrant of Hippias who were the sons of Pisistratus	Hipparchus	40%
Co tyrant of Hipparchus who were the sons of Pisistratus, ruled for four years after his brother's death until he was exiled	Hippias	40%
Kingdom during the time of the Mycenaeans that was much larger and more populated. It covered Anatolia and Syria and even Egypt during the New Kingdom period. They were the closest contact to the Mycenaean empire	Hittite Empire	40%
From Ionia, famous for his compositions of the Iliad and Odyssey. He was a blind bard. Known for the fact that his narratives were told in Epic Poem form.	Homer	40%
The heavily armored infantryman, named for his distinctive shield (hoplon). ______s were the dominant military arm from the seventh century on, gradually undergoing changes in weaponry and tactics. Because Greek governments did not always issue arms to their soldiers, hoplites tended to come from the middle class, whose members were able to afford armor and swords.	Hoplite	40%
A group of people that migrated from India to Greece. These people are theorized to have mixed Sanskrit from India into the Greek language	Indo-Europeans	40%
(definition needed) Ionia	Ionia	40%
The term used to describe the life-size or larger Archaic statues of naked males with arms held at the sides and one leg advanced. These statues, based on Egyptian models, were made as cult dedications or grave markers	kouros	40%
Territory in Southern Greece surrounding Sparta	Lacedaemon	40%
On the Island of Euboea, a wealthier settlement that disappeared and reappeared during the early iron age. The chief had a much larger house and had two grave pits in it. The pit makes historians believe that he was a warrior. After the burial the building was covered.	Lefkandi	40%
A pictographic language used by the Cretans used for keeping economic and administrative records	Linear A	40%
A more elaborate version of its predecessor. 3,000 clay tablets with (this term) were found at Cnossus. An archive room of (this term) were also found in a Mycenaean palace called Pylos, and they were found to be an early form of the Greek language rather than Minoan	Linear B	40%
a shadowy figure that may have or not lived. He described Spartan life including men’s dining groups, the use of iron money, and organization of population by age cohorts. These practices survived because of the spartan mission to produce elite Hoplites.	Lycurgus	40%
(definition needed) Marathon	Marathon	40%
(definition needed) Miltiades	Miltiades	40%
The city of King Agamemnon, the leader of the Greek siege of Troy. The Late Bronze Age in Greece is referred to as the _______n period because of the importance of ________	Mycenae	40%
Mycenaean Civilization (Definition Needed)	Mycenaean Civilization	40%
It was abandoned around 1200 before popping back up around 1075. Placed on a ridge overlooking a plain they had a lot of farm land especially for cattle. The chieftain served as the leader of the community and his house was used as a space for the elders to come together.	Nichoria	40%
A famous form of storytelling where Bard’s would have stories in their head that they would share for entertainment and later some would be written.	Oral poetry	40%
Every spring the Athenians had a chance to vote to send someone into exile for 10 years to protect Athens from Tyranny. If you were _______ed you were still an Athenian Citizen, and it took 6000 votes for someone to be _______ed.	Ostracism	40%
Group led by the Spartans who were the strongest in the area. Every state had one vote. Only Sparta could call this group together and lead the army.	Peloponnesian League	40%
(definition needed) Persia	Persia	40%
The tactical formation of a hoplite army, consisting in the Archaic and Classical periods of ranks of heavy infantry, usually eight men deep. The highly successful form of ______ introduced by Philip II of Macedon consisted of six brigades of 1,500 men each, recruited on a regional basis. Macedonian “________ites” were armed with a short sword, a small round shield, and a long pike (sarissa) up to 18 feet long; they fought in rectangular formations sixteen men deep.	Phalanx	40%
Phoenicians (definition needed)	Phoenicians	40%
(1050 - 900 BC) New pottery techniques and small innovations. Advanced techniques with the potters wheel emerged improving the shape of vases. Potters began to use a compass with brushes attached to draw perfect circles and arcs. Lines were drawn with rulers.	Protogeometric style	40%
(definition needed) Salamis	Salamis	40%
______ (early sixth century) is the only woman from the Archaic period whose poetry is extant. In fact, she is one of the few in all of ancient Greek literature, for women were not encouraged to write. A member of a prominent aristocratic family from Mytilene on the island of Lesbos, ______ was greatly admired throughout antiquity; later critics listed her among the top nine lyric poets and hailed her as the “tenth Muse.” ______ appears to have been the leader of a close-knit circle of young upper-class women in Lesbos (hence the modern term “lesbian”) who shared their lives for a brief period before marriage. ______ wrote wedding songs (epithalamia) to be performed by choruses of young girls, as well as political verses, but most of what has survived is solo song, highly personal in tone, with erotic love between women as its main theme. She called Eros (Love) “bitter-sweet.”	Sappho	40%
(definition needed) Satrapies	Satrapies	40%
Created legislation. Tried to strengthen the agricultural base by promoting commerce. Abolished debt slavery. Created a timocracy in Athens and a council, also broke the people up into 4 groups based on class.	Solon	40%
Sparta	Sparta	40%
Full citizens of Sparta	Spartiate	40%
The term used for the process whereby several separate communities united to form a single political union. ______ also referred to the actual movement of people from several communities into a brand-new composite settlement.	Synoecism	40%
(definition needed) Themistocles	Themistocles	40%
(definition needed) Thermopylae	Thermopylae	40%
This is someone's value and worth, respect and honor.	Timē	40%
(definition needed) Trireme	Trireme	40%
The story of the Trojans vs Greeks over Helen. Archeology can’t completely prove that the ________ happened, but there is truth to there being fighting between the Greeks and Trojans.	Trojan War	40%
Known for 7a	Troy	40%
The king of the Mycenaean kingdom. Warrior king. Not considered a god like in Egypt or Mesopotamia	Wanax	40%
Friends across Greece that would visit each other, and always be loyal to each other. _____ are bound to help each other through ancestral bonds that are passed down through the Males.	Xenia	40%
(definition needed) Persian king who ordered his soldiers to hit water cause he was angry	Xerxes	40%
A powerful kingdom mentioned in the Hittite texts. Widely considered to actually be the Mycenaeans	Ahhiyawa	20%
Considered by scholars to be the formative era of the cultural, political, and intellectual achievements of Greece’s Golden Age. It extended from the end of the Early Iron Age (750/700 BC) to the beginning of the Classical period (c. 480 BC)	Archaic Period	20%
Describes the rule of the elite, in preference to the less noble-sounding oligarchy (“rule of the few”). Plato defined ______ as the good form of oligarchy. _____ power and exclusiveness were strongest in the early Archaic period and gradually weakened as strong democratic sentiments emerged in the city-states.	Aristocracy	20%
Term after qasileu which were minor leaders to _____ who were “kings” and the paramount figure in the state. The leader of warriors. The father of a community.	Basileus	20%
The leader of the Alcmaeionids family. Put together reforms with the goal of breaking up the power of the rich families. He broke the four tribes into 10 tribes	Cleisthenes	20%
Refers to a village community. Term used by Homer. _____ could be the leader of communities with Odyseus calling himself the 13th _____ that held sway around Greece. ____ would querill with each other, but would bind together in times of need.	Demos	20%
5 elected Magistrates over 30 elected yearly. Couldn’t be reelected. They would supervise the king and represented the principle of Law. They were Magistrates that also oversaw the boys daily and inspected them naked every 10 days. It was their job to make sure the boys grew up into strong Hoplites. They were also in charge of a secret police meant to contain Helots.	Ephor	20%
Did Hipparchus after he made a comment to him about _______’ sister not being a virgin. Translation: ______ killed Hipparchus after he made a comment to ______ about _______'s sister not being a virgin	Harmodius	20%
Slaves of Sparta. Originally there were more ______ than Spartans, so they would revolt until the Spartans improved their hoplites. The Spartans were perpetually at war with the _______. Owned by the state and lived on assigned farms.	Helot	20%
Image of group superiority, calling themselves “the good” on the basis of their wealth and ancestry	hoi agathoi	20%
The group outside the landed nobility. Including “the bad” and “the many” (hoi polloi)	hoi kakoi	20%
A term meaning “young woman,” used to describe the life-size or larger Archaic statues of clothed females, made as cult offerings or grave markers.	Kourē	20%
Another name for Sparta	Laconia	20%
The people of _______n lowlands that were dominated by the Spartans and turned into Helots and Perioeci. Regained their independence in 369	Messenia	20%
The smallest unit of early Iron age society, the _____, was the center of a person’s existence. It was not just the house, but the family, land, livestock, and slaves. With some _____ growing larger than others in the Iron age a wealthier class and a commoner class started to appear.	Oikos	20%
The standard form of government in the early city-states that replaced the system of ranked chieftains. Opposition from below the narrow ruling circle caused most (plural of term) to broaden inclusion in state affairs. Democratic poleis were subject to _______ revolutions, as in Athens in 411 and again in 404. Throughout the fifth and fourth centuries, tension between oligarchs and democrats—which often amounted to tension between rich and poor, especially in the difficult economic times of the decades after the Peloponnesian War—was a constant factor in Greek political life and sometimes resulted in bloodshed.	oligarchy	20%
A fourth class created by Solon that included farmers whose land produced at least 500 medimnoi or bushels	Pentakosiomedimnoi	20%
Those who dwelled around. They weren’t slaves, but were obligated to serve in the Army, but couldn’t serve in government. Would work as homemakers, farmers, merchants -	Perioeci	20%
Distant relative of Solon successfully carried out a coup and he seized control of Athens. He was driven out before coming back to power from his father in law until he also drove him out. He got Mercenaries and governed over Athens for 10 years until dying of natural causes.	Pisistratus	20%
The Mycenaean palace on the Greek mainland that contained an archive room of Linear B tablets	Pylos	20%
In the late Archaic period, it came to mean the illegal seizure and control of governmental power in a polis by a single strongman, the “______” (______). ______ occurred as a phase in many city-states during the seventh and sixth centuries BC and is often seen as an intermediate stage between narrow oligarchy and more democratic forms of polity. In the late fifth and the fourth centuries, a new kind of tyrant, the military dictator, arose, especially in Sicily.	Tyranny	20%
Family that was extremely rich and exiled by Pisistratus, and was a major funder of Athens after the Tyranny. (Cleisthenes was a part of this family)	Alcmaeonids	0%
Harmodius' friend who helped plot the killing of Hipparchus and followed through with the murder	Aristogiton	0%
The council of elders made up of 28 men over 60 who served until their death. This is the highest owner. Dealt with serious law cases, and bills needed to be approved by them before moving in front of the assembly.	Gerousia	0%
Poor sharecroppers that had to pay rent as a form of protection money before Solon. They would become slaves of their debtors if they couldn’t pay off their debt.	Hektemoroi	0%
Spearheading the protest against aristocratic excess was the middle group of independent farmers over whom the oligarchs had the least control. We are fortunate to have a very early voice for this group, _______. ______ is credited with another hexameter poem (828 lines), Works and Days, which deals with rural village life away from the polis. Unlike the Homeric epics, which are set in a distant Age of Heroes and tell of the triumphs and tragedies of great warrior chiefs, Works and Days is set in the present (c. 700 bce) and tells about ordinary people and their ordinary lives. Overall, puts the working class in the foreground.	Hesiod	0%
Was an elite full-citizen man of the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta. They served as one of the city-state's ruling bodies, as well as heavy infantry in times of war.	Homoioi	0%
The secret police of boys that terrorized the Helots to keep them in line and try to prevent revolts.	Krypteia	0%
members of the class of dependent and propertyless workers, exploited farmers	Thete	0%

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