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this empire had arts and crafts and a trade empire that sailed westward to trade with Italy.
What is Minoan Crete
100
This means city-state.
What is polis?
100
This was the Ancient city-state where the Olympian gods were worshiped.
What is Athens?
100
He gave his name to Minoan Crete.
Who is King Minos?
100
These were the athletic events where the honored the gods.
What were the Olympics?
200
This was created by the Achean civilization
What is Mycenaean Greece
200
This is a rule my kings or queens.
What is a monarchy?
200
These were the conflicts fought between the Greek states and the Persian Empire; made Wthens the strongest city-state.
What were the Persian Wars?
200
He was the blind poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Who is Homer?
200
These were known as the Ether gods. They ruled before Zeus overthrew them.
Who are the Titans?
300
This started in Greece when Dorian invaders swept down from the north and east and destroyed Mycenae.
What is the Dark Age?
300
This means high city.
What is acropolis?
300
This was the temple built in honor of Athena.
What is the Parthenon?
300
He was the leader of Athens during the time that it reached the height of its cultural and imperial achievement.
Who is Pericles?
300
This was the shome of the Athenian gods.
What is Mt. Olympus?
400
This was the military state created by the Dorians.
What is Sparta?
400
This term means rule by the landholding elite.
What is aristocracy?
400
This was the war between Sparta and Athens; Athens lost.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
400
He established a democracy for the freemen of Athens.
Who is Cleisthenes?
400
This is the group of 12 gods who ruled in Ancient Athens.
Who are the Olympians?
500
This was the confederation of Greek city states under the leadership of Athens. It was created in 478-477 B.C.E.
What is the Delian League?
500
This means rule by powerful elite in the business class.
What is oligarchy?
500
Those who worked at being wise.
Who are sophists?
500
He was a comedy writer of Ancient Greece.
Who is Aristophanes?
500
He was the leader of all of the Olympian gods.
Who is Zeus?