People
Athenian leader who promoted democracy and supported philosophy and the arts
Who is Pericles?
A Persian monotheistic religion developed in 600 B.C. that was founded by the religious teacher Zoroaster
What is Zoroastrianism?
Marketplace in Ancient Greece
What is an agora?
A conflict between Greece and an invading Persian army in 400 B.C.
What are The Persian Wars?
All citizens share in running the government
What is democracy?
A woman who taught public speaking and inspired philosophers in a male-dominated Ancient Greece
Who is Aspasia?
Provinces that the Persian empire were divided into
What is a satraphy?
a person who searches for wisdom or enlightenment
What is a philosopher?
A conflict in which Sparta and its allies fought against an oppressive Athens between 431-404 B.C.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
Citizens vote directly on government matters
What is Direct Democracy?
A religious teacher who founded Zoroastrianism
Who is Zoroaster?
The term for the leader of a Persian province
What is a satrap?
a person who writes or performs epic poems or stories about legendary heroes and events
What is a bard?
A battle where a Greek solider ran 26 miles home to tell the Greeks of their major victory over Persia
What is the Battle of Marathon?
Few wealthy people hold power over a group of citizens
What is Oligarchy?
Spartan King who fought and died alongside 300 men in the Battle of Thermopylae
Who is Leonidas?
Enslaved laborers in Sparta
What is a helot?
A defensive league made up of Greek city-states designed to defends its members against future Persian invasions
What is the Delian League?
The type of leader in power in Greece around 600 B.C. as a result of political unrest among city-states
What is a tyrant?
Wrote the History of the Persian Wars
Who is Herodotus?
Network of roads heavily utilized by the Persians
What is the Royal Road?
A settlement of new territory that has close ties to its homeland
What is a colony?
a group of armed foot soldiers in Ancient Greece arranged close together in rows
What is a phalanx?
a high-ranking Spartan official who was elected by a council of officials to enforce laws and manage the collection of taxes
What are ephors?