Vocabulary
A body of land with an ocean on three sides
What is a peninsula?
Rules with total authority
What is a tyrant?
Who was Herodotus?
A narrow body of water with land on both sides
What is a strait?
"defenders of the kingdom"
Who were the satraps?
This group began as protectors from the Persians
What was the Delian League?
Ordinary citizens in the army
Who were hoplites?
They could not leave home without a male relative
Who were Athenian women?
Landowning, native-born men
Who were Greek citizens?
This city-state focused on government and education
What was Athens?
He was the King of Persia
Who was Cyrus the Great?
This group came from central Asia to Greece
Who were the Myceneans?
This war between Sparta and Athens lasted 27 years
What was the Peloponnesian War?
The age of great creativity and learning in Athens
What was the Age of Pericles?
These people of Crete made their living as traders
Who were the Minoans?