Generals/Kings
King of Sparta who defended Thermopylae with 300 men
Leonidas
lover of wisdom
philosopher
What city replaced Athens as the cultural center for the Greeks
Alexandria
Military strategy employed by Greeks
phalanx
Theban general who defeated Sparta at Leuctra
Epaminondas
like but not quite Greek
Hellenistic
League formed by Athens to ward off future Persian attacks
Delian League
Persian king who attacked Greece in 480 B.C.
Xerxes
General who ruled Egypt after Alexander
Ptolemy
Structure built by Athenians to protect the supply route from the harbor to the city
long walls
Last city conquered by Rome
Corinth
Persian king who attacked Greece in 490 B.C.
Darius I
How many years did it take Alexander to conquer the world
12
Name the war between Athens and Sparta
Peloponnesian War
League formed by Greeks to ward off Macedonians
Achaean League
Final battle of the Persian Wars in 479 B.C.
Plataea
son of Phillip II who conquered the known world
Alexander
autonomous city-state
polis
Explain why the time following Alexander is referred to as the Hellenistic Age.
Alexander ha d spread Greek culture throughout the world but the Greeks were now all subject to a foreign ruler. Greeks valued freedom above everything else and they were no longer completely free.
What were three things that United the Greeks as one?
1. Same language
2. worshiped the same gods
3. participated in the Olympic Games