Trade with the Phoenicians brought this important contribution which was adapted and helped to pull the Greeks from the Dark ages.
What is the Phoenician alphabet
100
The four main ancient Persian Kings in chronological order.
Who are Cyrus, Cambyses, Darius I, Xerxes.
100
This was the location of the defeat of Darius I's army at the hands of teh Greeks and led to his retreat out of Greece.
What is Marathon?
100
How Alexander became king of Macedonia at such a young age.
What is assasination of Phillip II?
100
“Our form of government is called a democracy because power is in the hands not of a minority but of the whole people.... "
What is Pericles' Funeral Oration
200
These city states initially numbered more than a hundred and frequently had conflicts and rivalries. These were put aside though during the olympics and at times when they faced outside invaders.
What were the Greek Poleis.
200
This magnificent formal capital of the Persian Empire began construction under Darius I and was burned to the ground, perhaps as an act of vengeance, by Alexander the Great.
What is Persepolis?
200
This famous battle that pitted a small group of Greeks led by 300 Spartans and designed to divert the Persian army and allow the main greek forces to escape was only lost by a betrayal from within.
What is the Battle of Thermopylae?
200
The use of the improved phalanx in combination with calvary and new warfare technologies like the catapult.
What was different about Alexanders methods of warfare?
200
Seleucid, Antigonid and Ptolomeic.
What were the respective kingdoms in the hellenistic period in Persia, Greece and Macedonia and Egypt respectively?
300
This "force multiplier" or warfare technology was used with great success by the spartans but later improved upon by the Macedonians.
What is the Phalanx?
300
This conqueror of Egypt was called cruel and brutal by the Greeks but more likely ruled much more benevolently like his father.
Who is Cambyses ?
300
This Persian king led the second invasion of Greece with a massive force on both land and sea was dealt a major defeat at sea in the battle of Salamis.
Who is Xerxes?
300
He set up Greek style cities and left former generals or loyal Persians in charge, encouraging them to continue life as before his conquest.
How did Alexander rule his empire?
300
He created the formal separation of Greek social classes and began the tranformation to democracy that Pericles would finish.
Who is Solon?
400
A temple at the highest point of the ancient cradle of democracy that is emblamatic of the ancient greeks quest for perfection.
What is the Acropolis?
400
A province that was central to the Persian Empire's system of decentralized rule and was named after the "governors" who were normaly relatives of the Persian kings.
What is a satrapy?
400
A union of Greek states controlled by Athens and Pericles that had a stated perpose of protecting Greece from future invasions.
What is the Delian League?
400
One reason was to legitimize his (Alexanders) claim to the legacy of Persian Kings.
Why might Alexander have married a Persian princess?
400
This practice was the result of rapid population growth in Greece during the archaic period and caused many aspects of their culture to be spread throughout the Agean and Western Mediteranean.
What is colonization?
500
Student of Socrates and founder of the Academy, he become much more private after the trial and subsequent death of his teacher.
Who is Plato?
500
This early monotheistic religion that stressed the constant battle of good and evil in all things was used by Darius I to justify Persian domination.
What is Zoroastrianism?
500
This drawn out series of battles between Greek poleis and eventually won by Sparta with aid from Persia led to the weakening of the Greeks and left them vulnerable to conquest by the Macedonians.
What is the Peloponnesian war?
500
He was hired by Phillip II to teach his son.
How was Aristotle associated with Alexander?
500
He is known as the father of democracy and was able to overthrow the tyrant with the help of Sparta.
Who is Pericles and how did become the leader of a democratic Athens.