Important People
Guided Athens to the Golden Age
Percicles
City-State
Polis
Served as a fortress in times of danger
Acropolis
Democracy
Responsible for day to day operation of government
Ephor
Who is Darius
Persian King; Led First Persian War
Heavily armed foot soldiers
Phalanx
In early times, the polis was ruled by an .....
Aristocracy
Group of people who hear evidence and make a ruling.
Jury
Military Housing
Barracks
Who Began the 2nd Persian War
Xerxes
Government ran by a strong ruler
Tyranny
What was the "Framework of Greek Life"
The Polis
An idea that encouraged democracy and gave people the right to be involved in government.
Citizenship
New ways of doing things
Innovation
Themistocles
Athenian Leader
Taught Students
Lecturer
Trojan War
Who had the right to vote?
Battle fought during first Persian War
Battle of Marathon
Led a Small Spartan Force
King Leonidas
"Rule by the People"
Democracy
Who influenced the early Greeks?
The Minoans
A democracy when citizens elect others to represent them in government.
Representative Democracy
Athens and its allies that met on the island of Delos
Delian League