Thinkers who believed the human mind could understand everything.
Who are philosophers?
100
They developed the are of public speaking and debate.
Who are the sophists?
100
This was a time when the Greek language and Greek ideas spread to the non-Greek people of southwest Asia.
What is the Hellenistic Era?
100
This mathematician studied plane geometry.
Who is Euclid?
200
long poems about heroes and short stories with lessons.
What are epics and fables?
200
THey were professional teachers and believed students should use their time to improve themselves.
Who are sophists?
200
HE wrote a history of the Persian Wars. Considered the "father of history," even though his accounts contain some errors and uses gods and goddesses to explain some events.
Who is Herodotus?
200
He is the Macedonian king who united the Greek states in hopes of defeating the great Persian Army.
Who is Phillip II?
200
These scientists study stars, planets, and other heavenly bodies.
What is astronomy?
300
The shrine where a priest or priestess spoke for a god or goddess.
What is an oracle?
300
Believed in absolute truth and asked pointed questions to force his students to use their reason and to see things for themselves. Was considered a rebel and was sentenced to death.
Who is Socrates?
300
He is considered the greatest historian of the ancient world. He wrote a History of the Peloponnesian War, which he saw as being an activity of humans, not gods.
Who is Thucydides?
300
His death marks the beginning of the Hellenistic Era.
Who is Alexander the Great?
300
These two philosophers are responsible for developing Epicureanism and Stoicism, respectively.
Who are Epicurus and Zeno?
400
The Greeks believed they affected people's lives, shaped events, and controlled nature.
What are gods and goddesses?
400
He decided that democracy was not a good system of government and preferred rule by a philosopher king.
Who is Plato?
400
Their ideas have lasted for thousands of years and are still used today.
Who are Greek Philosophers?
400
This is the city Alexander the Great built in Egypt and named after himself. It became one of the most important cities in the ancient world and still stands to this day.
What is Alexandria?
400
The reasons Hellenistic cities were important.
What is: they became centers of learning and culture; They provided new opportunities for Greek architects and supported Greek writers?
500
It expressed Greek ideas of beauty, harmony, reasons, moderation, and balance.
What is Greek art and architecture?
500
He thought the best government was a mix between a democracy (run by poor people) and an oligarchy (run by a few rich and powerful people). His ideas about government shaped the way Americans though about and formed this country.
Who is Aristotle?
500
They wrote the first real histories in Western civilization.
Who are Herodotus and Thucydides?
500
These are the legacies of Alexander the Great.
What is the extension of Greek and Macedonian rule over a vast area; the spread of Greek art, ideas, language, and architecture; and the beginning of the Hellenistic Era?
500
These are the fields in which Greek scientists and mathematicians made great advantages.