Philoposizing
To share their ideas, philosophers in democratic Athens would meet at an outdoor marketplace or government center known also as this.
What is an agora?
To defeat the Spartans, Athens planned to do this in the Peloponnesian War.
What is use their navy?
The Greeks had a poor view of their northern Macedonian neighbors, viewing them as this.
What is uncivilized barbarians?
During the Dorian period, Greek government began organizing into these, also known as city-states.
What are polis?
This "birthplace of democracy" laid the foundations for the most popular form of government in the modern world.
What is Athens?
Socrates threatened ancient Greek society by doing this.
What is "neglecting the city's gods" or questioning religion?
Athens formed the Delian League to protect the polis from this group.
Who are the Persians?
What is an acropolis?
In order to build up Athens and employ the best artist, Pericles took money from this treasury...not exactly the most democratic behavior.
What is the Delian League?
Written language came when this civilization made contact with the Minoans and adapted it to the Greek language.
Who are the Mycenaens?
This incorrect astrological belief has its roots in ancient Greece and would be believed for 1,400 years.
What is that the Earth is the center of the universe/solar system?
Athenian leader Draco's criminal punishments were widely rejected because they were seen as this.
What is too severe?
What are superior military tactics, like the phalanx?
He ran the first ever 'marathon' around the Greek peninsula to deliver the news of Athenian victory in the Persian War.
Who is Pheidippides?
In his first show of military prowess, Alexander and his father Phillip II were able to easily conquer Greece because if this.
What is division amongst the Greek city-states?
This philosophical school believed that humans should live in harmony with the gods.
What is Stoicism?
Athenian leader, Solon, outlawed this practice in a move towards a more free society.
What is debt slavery?
This Athenian victory was the result of a smaller, faster naval fleet, able to outmaneuver their Persian enemy.
What is the Battle of Salamais?
What is the Peloponnesian War?
What is the Hellenistic Era?
This philosophical school taught that gods have no interest in human affairs so humans should focus on the harmony of the mind and body.
What is Epicureanism?
In Athens, men were encouraged to do this from an early age.
What is go to school, think freely, and learn?
As King of Persia, he was defeated by the Athenians at the Battles of Salamais and Plataea trying to avenge his father's own defeat.
Who is Xerxes?
Darius the Great ruled over this empire and was defeated by the Athenians at Marathon.
What is Persia?
The government of the US shares many characteristics with that of ancient Greece, such as a judicial branch that holds trials and an executive branch to oversee how laws are enforced. They also both put political power in the hands if this group.
Who are citizens?