Ancient Greece
Describe the Geography of Greece
Large amounts of Coast-Line, cliffs, islands and mountains.
What are city-states?
Individual governments contained within one city that have their own government, culture, military, etc.
What 2 city-states formed an alliance to defeat the Persians?
Athens and Sparta.
Who conquered all of Greece?
Phillip
What did Alexander name the cities he conquered?
Alexandria
First civilization in Greece.
Minoans
What 2 city-states were the most powerful in Greece?
Athens and Sparta
Emperor of Persia who invaded Greece the second time.
What Persian Emperor was Alexander obsessed with?
Cyrus the Great
What is "hellenism"?
To make greek or bring the greek way of life to other places (Alexander)
War-like society believed to be responsible for ending the Minoan civilization.
Mycenaens
What kind of government did the Spartans have? Explain.
Oligarchy. 2 kings, gerousia and the appella.
Emperor of Persia that invaded Greece the FIRST TIME.
Darius
What military technologies made the Macedonian army so formidable?
Sarisas, Crossbows, Catapults
World's first historian
Herodotus
What myth is believed to have emerged from the Minoan culture?
The minotaur/ labyrinth.
How did the geography of Greece contribute to the formation of city-states instead of empires.
Cliffs, ocean, and mountains created natural barriers between the city-states.
300 spartans allowed the rest of the Greek army to escape by holding off 100,000 persians at the "hot gates".
Areas where Alexander's empire controlled.
Greece, Egypt, Middle-East, India
Name 3 achievements from the "golden age" of Athens.
Drama, philosophy, the parthenon, universities, rhetoric, democracy, etc.
What stories are based on the Mycenaeans and who wrote them?
Illiad/Odyssey - Homer
Explain why some people argue that Cleisthenes is the father of democracy.
Why did the Persians invade Greece?
Because the greeks caused a revolt in Ionia (turkey) which the Persians controlled.
Explain why Alexander the Great's legacy might not be as impressive as his accomplishments seem at face value?
N/A - DBQ
What is the infantry called in the Greek military and what is their favorite formation?
Hoplite and Phalanx