The Era's Tour
What is the Early Greek Cultures?
This main land form of Greece made roads on the main land nearly impossible.
What are mountains?
Made the city-states much richer.
What is Trade?
This was the most feared army in ancient Greece
Who was Sparta?
The first people to speak Greek and be characterized as Greek.
Who are the Mycenaeans?
Socrates was born during this age. Sparta conquered Athens in the Peloponnesian War during this time. This was between the years 470-336 B.C.
What is the Classical Age?
These were the two dominate city-states in ancient Greece.
What are Athens and Sparta?
Spartan boys at age 7 went to this place.
What is the Agoge?
War that was fought between the two main city-states, Athens and Sparta with Sparta defeating Athens.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
Fell victim to a huge volcanic eruption.
Who are the Minoans?
This period of time is when Alexander the Great becomes the king of Macedonia and united many Greek states. This is also when Greece was defeated by the Romans and became a part of the Roman Empire. (336-200 B.C.)
What is the Hellenistic Period?
What is the island of Crete?
These were the main two seas Mycenaeans would ship good around on.
What is the Mediterranean and the Black Sea?
A war that involved the Persian Empire invading Greece twice (490 and 480 B.C.).
What is the Persian War?
Greek word for city-state.
What is Polis?
During this time period, the Greeks developed poetry, sculptures and pottery. The first Olympic games were held and the use of coins were introduced. Sparta was founded. (800-470 B.C.)
What is the Archaic Period?
What is the name of the large western peninsula of ancient Greece?
What is Peloponnesus?
Known as Asia Minor, this land was known as something else during the times of Ancient Greece.
What is the Persian Empire?
A war that was written about by Homer in the Illiad spoke of a ruse so cunning and brilliant, it has lived on for millenia.
What is the Trojan War?
A city-state was usually built around this, a strong fortress on top of a high hill.
What is an Acropolis?
There is not much known about this period except for Dorian invaded Greece from the north. (1100-800 B.C.)
What is a the Dark Ages?
What is the Balkan Mountains?
The city-state that defeated Sparta during the battle of Leuctra.
Who is Thebes?
This was a marketplace in Ancient Greece.
What is an Agora?