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A body of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.
What is a peninsula.
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Athenian soldiers promised to pass on their fatherland in __________ condition.
What is BETTER
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The __________ League began as an alliance to protect the Greeks from the Persians.
What is DELIAN
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Peisistratus became popular by giving land to landless __________.
What is FARMERS
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The age of great creativity and learning in Athens
What is the Age of Pericles.
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They could not leave home without a male relative.
What is upper-class Athenian women.
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Herodotus wrote The History of the __________ Wars.
What is PERSIAN
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Mycenaeans could pay their _____________ in wheat, livestock, or honey.
What is TAXES.
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Spartan men could return to their homes when they were _______.
What is 30.
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Workers hauled 20,000 tons of marble and took 15 years to build this structure.
What is the Parthenon.
300
King of Persia
What is Cyrus the Great.
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The Mycenaeans came to Greece from Central ________
What is ASIA
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The Greeks won the Battle of Salamis because their ships could ______________ quickly.
What is MOVE
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The time around 600 B.C. is called the ________ _______ because people forgot how to read and write.
What is DARK AGES
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"Defenders of the kingdom"
What is a satrap.
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All the people decide government matters in a ___________ democracy.
What is DIRECT
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Xerxes was king of __________.
What is PERSIA.
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Free, native-born, land-owning men could be ___________ of Greek city-states.
What is CITIZENS
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Ordinary citizens in the army.
What is hoplites
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They focused on government and education.
What is Athens.
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When the Spartans needed room for expansion, they conquered neighboring ___________.
What is LAND
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The Minoans made their living as ___________.
What is TRADERS
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The _________ alphabet was based on the Phoenician alphabet.
What is GREEK.
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Someone who rules with total authority.
What is a tyrant.