vocabulary words
Warlike people who dominated the Aegean region, and defeated the Minoans
Mycenaeans
Crete is the largest _________ island
Greek
The barbarians defeated the Mycenaeans by using weapons made of this
Iron
He was a great Persian King who was raised by a shepherd
Cyrus
Only men could be educated in
Athens
The sea between Turkey and Greece
Aegean Sea
Crete is located in this sea
Mediterranean Sea
This letter "a" in the Greek alphabet is called ______
alpha
These people opened the gates to Persia because they did not like their king
Babylonians
women were trained to be warriors in
Sparta
crude, uncivilized people who invaded Greece
barbarians
This was the first tribe to settle in Crete
Minoans
He wrote the "Iliad" and "the Odyssey"
Homer
When Persia invaded Greece, these two armies united to defeat Persia
Athens and Sparta
The long war between Sparta and Athens
The Peloponnesian Wars
The Trojan War
What did Theseus conquer
The Minotaur
Odysseus defeated this mythical Greek creature
The Cyclops
His wife was from Persia and he built the Hanging Gardens for her
Nebuchadnezzar
The plague that killed many Athenians was caused by this
He wrote the Iliad and the Odessey
Homer
This natural disaster killed most of the Minoans and made Crete uninhabitable for many years
Volcanic eruption
The chief god of the Greeks
Zeus
Persia is now known as _________
Iran
He a traitor to Athens and helped Sparta take over Greece
Alcibiades