Culture
Athletic competition between city-states every four years
the Olympics
Factors that led to initial colonization and expansion
overpopulation
Area to where Alexander's empire spread
India
This city-state was known for its militaristic society and became dominant after the Pelopponesian War
Sparta
Greek historian known for factual accuracy and focused on human behavior
Thucydides
Greek philosopher known for his method of question and answer method
Socrates
City in the Greek empire known as a center of learning and a library with ancient manuscripts
Alexandria
He wrote about elements of plane geometry
Euclid
Community where all citizens descend from a common ancestor
polis
Philsophy who was the teacher of Alexander the Great
Aristotle
Homer's epic poems that told stories of Greek conquest and told stories during the Greek Dark Ages
The Iliad and The Odyssey
Decisive factor that stopped the incursion of the Persian Empire into the Mediterranean and Europe
the Battle of Salamis
Epicureanism
City-state known for the birth of democracy
Athens
Most famous example of Greek architecture
The Parthenon
Mt. Olympus
Lasting legacy of Alexander's Empire
the spread of Greek Hellenistic culture
He calculated the circumference of the earth
Eratosthenes
First Greek city-state
Mycenae
The three types of Greek theater
tragedy
comedy
satire - political
Areas of lasting legacy of Ancient Greece
philosphy, mathematics
architecture, sculpture
democracy
Name given to the Greek Empire in the Mediterranean world
Magna Graecia
His suggestions led to the heliocentric view of the universe
Heraclides
Armed infantrymen in Classical Greece that fought with a spear and large shield
hoplites
High points of classical Greece
drama, philosophy, poetry, arts, sculpture, religion