Minoan World
This island was home to the Minoan people.
What is Crete?
The Mycenaean World was centered around this
What is fighting/combat?
Homer alleged was afflicted by this disability
What is blindness?
This is the Greek term for independent city-states
What is polis?
This was the religion of the Persian Empire, it is one of the oldest monotheistic religions in the world.
What is Zoroastrianism?
This is the proto-Greek written language of the Minoans that HAS been translated
What is Linear B?
After the Doric Invasion it was said that Greece entered into one of these
What is a Dark Age?
These two works are the most famous/important works of Homer that have survived
What are the Iliad and Odyssey?
In the Spartan government, this group were the overseers who wrote law and oversaw the actions of the kings.
Who were the Ephors?
This battle of the Persian Wars was famed for the distance Pheidippides ran to tell the people of the victory.
What is the Battle of Marathon?
The Minoans created this type of empire by controlling trade in the Mediterranean
What is an economic empire?
What geographical feature most commonly was used by the Mycenaeans to build their citadels
What are hills/mountains?
He is the hero of the Iliad and the story is a testament to his ability to hold a grudge
Who is Achilles?
This Spartan mythic figure was famed for creating the Spartan constitution?
Who was Lycurgus?
This phase of the Peloponnesian War saw a failed attempt by the Athenians to support a rebellion in the Greek city of Syracuse
What is the Sicilian Expedition?
Frescoes found in Minoans show a cult-like following regarding this animal.
What is a bull?
Mycenaean Greeks entered into conflict with Troy over what real-world issue?
What is controlling trade into the Black Sea?
The issue of the Trojan War was fought over the abduction of this woman.
Who was Helen?
In the Athenian government, this was the Council of 500. They were responsible for governing over the day-to-day affairs of the city.
Who are the Boule?
This Persian king was responsible for launching the second invasion of Greece. Although he achieved a victory at Thermopylae, his successes were short-lived.
Who was Xerxes?
This is the name of the British explorer who discovered/named the Minoan people.
Who is Arthur Evans?
He was credited with discovering the sites of Mycenae and Troy.
Who is Heinrich Schliemann?
This sacred rite, violated by Paris, was based on the guest-host relationship. It was governed over and protected by Zeus.
What is xenia?
What was the term for the Spartan military academy
What is the agoge?
This Athenian statesman and general was responsible for creating the Golden Age of Athens after the Persian Wars. He commissioned the construction of the Parthenon but was killed by plague during the Peloponnesian War
Who was Pericles?