Minoan Civilization
Mycenaean Civilization
Archaic Age
Vocab
Sparta
100
Man who named the Minoan Civilization after the legendary King Minos.
Who is Sir Arthur Evans?
100
Founded the Mycenaean Civilization
Who is Heinrich Schliemann?
100
city state
What is a Polis?
100
Teacher of Alexander the Great, aka the father of biology
Who is Aristotle?
100
Sparta conquers them for control
Who are the Messenians?
200
Wall paintings about Minoan culture.
What are Frescos?
200
Where royalty was buried
What is shaft graves?
200
High place in city
What is an Acropolis?
200
rule by a small group of people with all the power
What is an Oligarchy?
200
spartan warriors
What are Hoplites?
300
Legendary king of Crete, united the islands together and had a son that was a Minotaur.
Who is King Minos?
300
Period of no writing, trade stopped
What are The Dark Ages?
300
Marketplace or public square
What is an Agora?
300
someone with absolute power
What is a tyranny?
300
Spartan sheild
What is a Hoplon?
400
Architect who designed the palace
Who is Daedaleus?
400
Sons of hercules, destroy the Greeks
Who are the Dorians?
400
Greek philosopher, radical thinker and was forced to drink hemlock as suicide
Who is Socrates?
400
State slaves
What are Helots?
500
Palace found on the island of Crete
What is Knossos?
500
domed tombs to bury royalty
What is a beehive tomb?
500
Student of Socrates, formed The Academy and wrote "The Republic"
Who is Plato?
500
In spartan society boys leave home at age 7 to learn to fight and live in a
What is a pack?
500
Sparta's noble lawgiver, gave them a new set of rules
Who is Lycurgus?
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