Sparta
What type of society did Sparta have?
Militaristic
Who was credited with creating the concept of Democracy?
Draco
Who first unified the Persian Empire through conquest?
King Cycrus the Great
When was Assyria roughly established?
850 B.C.E
Who led the second Persian invasion of Greece?
Xerxes
What did Spartan women do when they got married?
Shaved their heads
Who could vote in Athens?
Naturalized male citizens
Persian king divided his empire in provinces. What were these provinces called?
Satrapies
How far west did the Assyrian empire stretch?
What started the Persian Wars?
Ionian revolts in Anatolia supported by Athens.
Young males in Sparta, ages 7 to 14, had to perform daily rigorous exercise. What was this called?
Agoge
What was created, by Athens, after the Persian invasion as an attempt to unify Greek city-states?
Delian League
What Persian ruler was defeated at the battle of Marathon?
Darius the First
What was a siege tactic that the Assyrians used?
They would dig beneath city walls during a siege to weaken them
Who wrote the book "the Histories" explaining the events of the Persian War?
Herodotus
What was the Spartan system of two kings called?
Syssita
What concept of learning came out of Athens during their golden age?
Philosophy
What religion was practiced by the ruling party of Persia?
Zoroastrianism
Who had a library of over 20,000 clay tablets?
King Ashurbanipal
Where did a small Greek coalition force slow down the Persian advance?
Thermopylae
What is a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files a body of troops in close array?
Phalanx
Who convinced the Athenian people to abandon Athens during the second Persian invasion?
Themistocles
How long did it take for someone on horseback to deliver a message from Susa Persia to Sardes in Anatolia
Seven Days
Why did Assyria aggressively expand their empire?
Response to invaders
What was the outcome of the Persian war?
A unified Greece under Athenian rule.