Battles
What was the battle in which 300 Spartans went against the Persian Army of 150,000 - 300,000 soldiers?
Thermopylae
What was the name the battle formation used by Alexander the Great and his father?
Phalanx
Why did the ancient Egyptians welcome Alexander and declare him as Pharaoh?
Because he defeated the Persians (their enemy)
What was the government of Sparta?
Oligarchy
Who was the philosopher that was Alexander's teacher?
Aristotle
This was the battle in which Athenians attempted to send a request to Sparta to assist against Persia?
Battle of Marathon
What is the name of the spear used by the Macedonians?
Sarissa
Who were the main two parties involved in the Peloponesian War? Who won?
Athens and Sparta. Sparta won
Describe the lottery system of Athens?
Who moved Athens into a direct democracy?
Pericles
What factors allowed Sparta to defeat Athens?
- Build up of a navy
- Plague in Athens
- Persia becomes an ally
What is the name of a Greek city state called?
Polis
What factors allowed Macedonia to take over Greece?
- Fallout from the Peloponesian war
- Weak economy
- Sparta had a weakened military
- Many internal Greek rebellions to Spartan ruleWhy was the Iliad and Odyssey so important to Greek culture?
- Talked about Greek unity against a common foe
- Greek Gods
- Greek Hero's
- Was used to educate ancient Greeks for 1000s of years
These were foot soldiers of the Athenian army?
Hoplites
How did Alexander successfully take the city of Tyre?
- seiged for months
- built a land bridge
- Seige Towers with drawbridges
- Catapults
- Persian naval fleet assistance
What was Hellenization?
The spread of Greek culture throughout ancient world
What event led the Persian Greek wars? Why?
Who was excluded from voting in Athenian democracy?
- Women
- Slaves
- Men under 18
How did the Mycenaeans get into the city of Troy in Homer's epic poem "The Ilyad and Oddesy"?
The Trojan Horse
What was the battle that resulted in Alexander's men refusing to accompany him further into India?
Battle of Hydaspes
What about the geography of Greece made it difficult for city states to be unified?
- Mountains
- Many islands
What was the purpose behind the library of Alexandria?
To gather a copy of every book in the world in order to make Alexandria to most sophisticated city in the world
How were women treated differently in Sparta compared to Athens?
- Own land
- Small businesses
- Educated in schools
- Well regarded for being mothers of strong Spartan warriors
Why did King Phillip II want Aristotle to mentor Alexander?
- To turn Macedonia from being a barbarian state to a cultured state like Greece was before being taken over