Politics
A Government ruled by a King or Queen.
Monarchy
Son of Philip II; received military training in Macedonian army and was a student of Aristotle; great leader; conquered much land in Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt, and Mesopotamia; goal was to conquer the known world
Alexander the Great
Settled on the Greek mainland around 2000 B.C.E. and established the city of Mycenae
Mycenaean
Traditional stories of Greek Gods.
Myths
Greek military formation strategy used by the Hoplites.
Phalanx
Government ruled directly by the people
Democracy
Scientist/inventor; invented lever and the pulley and accurately estimated the value of Pi.
Archimedes
A group of Barbarians from the North that conquered the Mycenaean Civilization.
Dorians
A city-state in Ancient Greece
Polis
(Greek mythology) a great war fought between Greece and Troy
Trojan War
Form of Government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives
Direct Democracy
King of Macedonia who dreamed of overtaking Greece and avenging the Persian invasion in 480 B.C.E.
Phillip II
Spartan Slave
Helot
Huge bronze statue created on the island of Rhodes
Colossus of Rhodes
War between Athens and Spartan Alliances. The war was largely a consequence of Athenian imperialism in the Aegean region. It went on for over 20 years. Ultimately, Sparta prevailed but both were weakened sufficient to be soon conquered by Macedonians, later leading to the Hellenistic Empire and Alexander the Great.
Peloponnesian War
Government ruled by the wealthy landowners
Aristocracy
Famous Greek philosophers who introduced logic and reasoning.
Socrates, Aristole, & Plato
An ancient kingdom north of Greece, whose ruler Philip II conquered Greece in 338 B.C.
Macedonia
Of or influenced by the Greek Empire. A type of culture typically referred to after the conquests of Alexander the Great.
Hellenistic
A series of wars between the Greeks (mainly Athens) and the Persians in which the Greeks were usually victorious.
Persian Wars
A government ruled by a few powerful people
Oligarchy
(circa 300 BCE), Greek mathematician. Considered to be the father of modern geomertry.
Euclid
City in Egypt founded by Alexander the Great, center of commerce and Hellenistic civilization
Alexandria
A fortified hilltop in an ancient Greek city; temples of the city were located here.
Acropolis
Narrative poems celebrating heroic deeds
Epic