Conquered the Persian Empire and spread Greek culture throughout southwest Asia.
Who was Alexander The Great?
100
Traditional stories about gods and heroes.
What is a myth?
100
Invented the Socratic method.
Who was Socrates?
100
Wrote Iliad and Odyssey
Who was Homer?
100
He invented the Pythagorean Theorem
Who is Pythagoras?
200
Promoted learning, visited wounded men after battle, spared the lives of the queen and princess of Persia, built new cities where others had been destroyed.
Why was Alexander a hero?
200
Professional, traveling teachers.
What is a Sophist?
200
Called the father of history.
Who was Herodotus?
200
Plato
Who wrote the Republic?
200
He believed the Sun was the center of the universe
Who was Aristarchus?
300
Destroyed Persepolis, killed 10,000 people and enslaved 30,000, treated slaves harshly, ordered the murder of his advisors.
Why was he a villain?
300
Greek thinkers that believed the human mind could understand everything.