Geography and early civilizations
This sea was a key trade route and cultural connection for Ancient Greece.
Mediterranean Sea
The mythical cause of the Trojan War was this event.
the abduction of Helen
The independence of Greek city-states was largely due to this geographical feature.
mountains
Sparta and Athens along with most of the rest of Greece united to defend themselves from the invasion of this empire.
Persia
Greece’s geography influenced city-states by encouraging this.
independent and diverse cultures
Greece’s geography is characterized by this terrain and its scattered islands.
mountainous terrain
Control over these was the likely real cause of the Trojan War.
trade routes
The society of this Greek city-state focused on military strength.
Sparta
This famous battle during the Persian Wars showed an underdog victory for Athens as well as inspiring a famous athletic event.
Battle of Marathon
Alexander the Great spread Greek culture through this method.
conquest
This civilization, located on Crete, acted as a cultural bridge to Greece.
Minoans
This strategy used by the Greeks led to the fall of Troy.
the Trojan Horse
This important Greek city-state was located on the coast, causing it to have a good navy and rich trade.
Athens
The multicultural Persian Empire was built to last based on this principle.
tolerance
Alexander's empire stretched from Greece to Egypt to this present-day Asian country.
India
This Bronze Age civilization is most famous for its involvement in the Trojan War.
Mycenaeans
This Greek author wrote The Iliad, recounting the events of the Trojan War
Homer
This term describes an independent city-state in Ancient Greece.
polis
This city-state rose to power in Greece due to their leadership during the Persian Wars, eventually leading to the Peloponnesian Wars.
Athens
This Athenian political achievement has had the most lasting impact on Western civilization.
democracy
This event, among other factors, may have caused the end of the Minoans.
A volcanic eruption at Thera
Unlike most Asian cultures at the time, the Iliad and other Greek myths and heroes taught Greeks the value of this approach to life.
individualism
Sparta's society was almost entirely designed to protect it from this.
Their own slave population
This was the result, both positive and negative, of the Peloponnesian Wars after Sparta won.
independence and disunity
This Hellenistic city became a major center of learning and culture as well as being famous for housing an ancient library preserving knowledge from multiple civilizations.
Alexandria, Egypt