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| A historian who wrote about the Peloponnesian war. |
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| The Straits of Salamis, location of a naval battle between Persia and the Greeks |
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| An Athenian politician and general. |
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| The political architect of Athen’s golden age. Elected strategos (commander of the army) for many years in a row. |
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| A courtesan; Pericles’ mistress. |
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| The largest temple in Athens’ acropolis. Dedicated to Athena. |
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| A coalition formed by city-states on the Aegean coasts and islands. The treasury was on the island of Delos. |
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| A coalition formed by Sparta and its allies. |
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| An Athenian politician. The Sicilian Expedition was his idea. |
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| A failed Athenian expedition to Sicily during the Peloponnesian War. |
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| walls built from a city to its port. |
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| A city in Ancient Greece, besieged during the Peloponnesian War. |
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| A Spartan admiral who defeated the Athenian fleet. |
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| An ancient kingdom located in the Greek peninsula. |
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| A Macedonian king who had many military victories. He wanted to unite the Greek city-states under his leadership. |
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| Capital of the ancient kingdom of Macedon. |
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| Phillip II’s son. Conquered a large amount of territory, creating an empire. |
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| An Egyptian city founded on the delta by Alexander. Had a famous lighthouse and library. |
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| A town that gave its name to a battle that Alexander fought (and won) against the Persian king Darius. |
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| A battle that Alexander won, leading to the fall of the Persian Empire. |
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| Capital of the ancient Persian empire. |
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| A city in the Persian Empire. |
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| Alexander’s wife. Murdered after his death. |
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| one of Ptolemy’s lieutenants. After Alexander’s death, captured the treasury in Babylon and founded a kingdom. |
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| One of Alexander’s generals. After Alexander’s death, declared himself the king of Cyprus. |
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| A general under Alexander. Became the ruler of Egypt and founder of the Ptolemaic Dynasty. |
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| A greek ruler who fought in the Macedonian Wars. |
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| A term meaning the spread of greek culture. |
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| a term used in the greek world; the known/inhabited/civilized world. |
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