Early Greeks
The sea-trading civilization on Crete.
Minoans
Small, independent political communities like Athens and Sparta.
City-states / polis
Ruler of the sea.
Poseidon
Persia wanted payback after Greek support for this event.
Ionian Revolt
This city-state is the birthplace of democracy.
Athens
The first Greek-speaking people remembered for the Trojan War
Mycenaeans
Central marketplace and hub of public life
Agora
King of the gods.
Zeus
490 BCE Athenian upset victory.
Marathon
"Rule of the people” in which citizens hold power.
Democracy
After the Mycenaeans fell, this era saw a decline in trade, literacy, and culture.
Dark Ages
Fortified hilltop with temples.
Acropolis
God of the underworld.
Hades
480 BCE heroic Spartan stand against overwhelming forces.
Thermopylae
Leader who expanded democracy and built the Parthenon.
Pericles
This legendary conflict pitted Mycenaeans against a city in Asia Minor.
Trojan War
This physical feature made communication and unification difficult in Greece
Mountains
God of music, prophecy, and the sun
Apollo
480 BCE naval turning point led by Themistocles
Salamis
Unlike in Sparta, women in Athens had limited what?
Education and political rights
The Mycenaeans eventually did this to Crete
Conquered it / took control from the Minoans
Two reasons city-states developed differently from one another
Geography/mountains & isolated valleys; coastline/sea trade
Give one way Greek religion connected to political life in the polis.
festivals at the acropolis; civic rituals; patron deities tied to city identity, etc
479 BCE final major Greek victory that ended the invasions
Plataea
One reason Athens could fight a long war better than rivals.
More money and more men / superior financial & manpower resources