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This philosopher was sentenced to death for his teachings.
Socrates
100
It was the main theme of Homer's Iliad.
The Trojan War
100
This literally means "high city" and was the center of Athens.
The Acropolis
100
The type of government in Sparta.
Oligarchy
100
The king of the gods.
Zeus
200
He was the leader of Athens during its "Golden Age."
Pericles
200
The battle where 300 Spartans held back the entire Persian army.
The Battle of Thermopylae
200
This is the land form which encompassed all of Greece.
The Balkan Peninsula
200
The basic type of government in Athens.
Democracy
200
The god of war.
Ares
300
He is known as the "Father of History."
Herodotus
300
It was called this because the Greeks forgot how to read and write.
The Dark Age
300
This was the home of Kings Darius & Xerxes.
Persia
300
The way Athens' Democracy differed from the representative Democracy in the USA.
Athens is a Direct Democracy
300
The goddess of love & beauty.
Aphrodite
400
This scientist & mathematician said "Give me a lever and a place to stand and I can move the world."
Archimedes
400
It started in 776 BC as a competition between city-states from all over Greece.
The Olympic Games
400
This part of Greece was the home of Sparta & Corinth.
The Peloponnesian Peninsula
400
The group of 500 men who carried out the Assembly's laws in the Athenian Democracy.
The Council of 500
400
The god of fire & metalwork.
Hephaestus
500
He is known as the Father of Medicine.
Hippocrates
500
This 27-year war was primarily between Athens & Sparta.
The Peloponnesian War
500
This was the center of government, trade and community life in Greek city-states.
The Agora
500
The name for the five elders who led the government in Sparta.
Ephors
500
This was the home of the gods.
Mount Olympus