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- Who was chosen to give the funeral oration in the first year of the Peloponisian war?
- Who made Argos the dominant power in the Peloponnesus and also introduced a system of weights and measures
- Who defeated the Spartans at the battle of Hysiae in 669
- Where were women given more rights than in any other Greek city states?
- Who made the Spartan Constitution and when?
- Who was the person who laid out Athens' law code and when was it made
- When did Athens get its first tyrant and who was the tyrant?
- Second largest city in the Greek world
- When did the Spartans found their only colony at Tarentum
- The Newman games at Cleonae were for who
- The Isthmian games at Corinth were for who?
- What caused the lack of evidence for the civilizations of Mesopotamia?
- Rule by the few. Based on wealth, and land ownership. Ran the military
- First Persian invasion of Greece. Pheidippides ran to Athens with news of the victory but collapsed upon arrival. This is the inspiration for the modern race known as the "marathon."
- Rule by nobility. Upper class runs government
- a high fortified area, usually on a hill
- Leaders who took control though rebellions of the lower classes. Helped the poor by cancelling debts and moving towards rule by the people.
- first democracy, known for its philosophers, artist, navy and science
- Mountains where snow would melt and flow to the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
- The time period known for peace, prosperity, and flourishing trade in Rome is