This alliance of Greek city-states banded together to rid Greece of the Persians, rid the Aegean of Pirates, and eventually bolster Athens to the status of empire.
What is the Delian league?
200
The year when the Mycenaean's conquered the Minoans.
When is 1450bc?
200
A public square, used to carry out public affairs, choose officials, and pass laws. Merchants used this central meeting place to conduct business.
What is an agora?
200
The Peninsula where Athens is located.
What is Attica?
200
Where Darius suffered a devastating defeat against the Greeks.
What is Marathon?
200
The leader credited for ushering in the "Golden Age" of Athens.
Who is Pericles?
300
A poet who recites epic poems.
What is a bard?
300
These supplied parent-cities with grain.
What is a colony?
300
Free foreigners who lived in Athens (women of this class had more political rights than Athenian women)
What is a Metic?
300
The Greek culture region in Asia minor that called on its parent city Athens to aid in a rebellion against Persian overlords.
What is Ionia?
300
The combatants in the Pelopennesian War.
Who are Athens and her allies against Sparta and her allies?
400
The people who conquered the Mycenaeans, bringing the dark ages to Greece.
Who are the Dorians?
400
When one man, siezes power and rules by himself. Today defines "cruel rule."
What is tyrant/tyrannical?
400
Extended citizenship to foreigners who settled in Athens as skilled artisans, promoting industry.
Who is Solon?
400
The Athenian general who led the Greek navy to definitive victory over the Persians.
Who is Themistocles?
400
Many unemployed Greeks became these in the Persian army after the Peloponnesian War.
What is a mercenary?
500
A story of Mycenaeans banding together to fight Trojans. Helen of Troy starts it, a Trojan Horse ends it.
What is the Illiad?
500
Greek formation of soldiers.
What is a phalanx?
500
The ruler who introduced laws establishing Athenian democracy.
Who is Cleisthenes?
500
The leader who killed a lion, fought Leonides, and was the son of Darius.
Who is Xerxes?
500
The worse effect of the Peloponnesian War on Greece.