Grandson of Cyrus, Ionian revolt, Battle of Marathon
Who is Darius?
100
What is ostracism? Bonus: What is an ostrakon?
Banishing by popular vote for 10 years
-Fragment of broken piece of ceramic
100
Name of the lover and the beloved. Who allowed homosexuality and why?
Erastes and Eromenos. Thebes because he thought it would aid the military
100
Who is in control? What is the language?
Brahmins, sanskrit
200
Justifies Cyrus' rule
Cyrus cylinder
200
Convinces Athenians to build long walls and wants to build more ships.
Who is Themistocles?
200
What is the league called that Athenians formed with people who speak Ionian?
Delian
200
Mentor of Plato, accused of corrupting youth, challenging religion, critical of democracy
Socrates
200
Why did kshatriyas develop oligarchies?
took power away from brahmins
300
Zoroastrianism, monotheistic
The religion of Persia
300
What battle was Xerxes in?
Battle of Thermopylae (hot gates)
300
2 facts about Penicles. Bonus: What is Parthenon, propylaeu, and temple of nike
-leading Athenian politician
-built Acropolis
-temple for Athena, gate to get into acropolis, commemorates victory over Persians
300
Aristotle's teacher, first academy in Athens. Bonus: Who mentored Alexander?
Plato, Aristotle
300
What is Jainism? 3 facts
Gods exist but no point in worshiping them, heavy meditation, no harm to living things
400
Empire divided into sections
Satrapy
400
4 facts of Battle of Thermopylae
-Persians outnumbered Greeks
-Leonidas and 300 men stayed to fight for honor
-Persians found narrow path to slaughter Greeks
-Persians lost to Athenians by water
400
What is the war called between Athens and Sparta? When was it? 2 other facts?
Peloponnesian Wars, 404 BC
- Sparts put tyrants in Athens
-Sparta tore apart Delian league
400
2 facts about Archaic and Classical Greece? When did it start?
New language comes from Phoenecians, rise of greek polis. 490 BC
400
Book that's a how to guide for ruling a large kingdom, dharma should be used, king should be faithful and please subjects
Charaku's Arthashustra
500
6 facts about Cyrus
-First king of Persian Empire
-Overthrows Medes
-Given away at birth
-Overthrows Astiages
-Took over Babylonian Empire
-Liberator of Jews
500
Who built the royal road? Bonus: who is the chief god of Persian religion?
Darius. Ahura-Mazda
500
2 facts about theatre and art
Theatre criticized governmet
Drama portrayed Greek politics
500
What are helots? Why is Sparta's constitution mixed? Who are Draco and Solon?
Greek ethnic group that Spartans conquered and they farm; has 2 kings, hereditary; first lawmakers