Rise of Persia
This king organized the Second Invasion of Greece and crossed the Hellespont in 480 BC.
Who is Xerxes?
The heroic last stand of 300 Spartans and an overall Persian victory on land.
What was the Battle of Thermopylae?
The most prominent Athenian politician from 461-429 BC.
Who was Pericles?
The scandalous leader of Athens who sold out the city on multiple occasions for his own gain.
Who was Alcibiades?
The place on the outskirts of Athens where young men would compete in athletics and learn from wise teachers.
What was the gymnasia?
This king was not descended from the founder of the Persian Empire and notably organized the First Invasion of Greece.
Who was Darius?
The battle that ended the First Invasion of Greece and gave its name to a sporting event.
What is the Battle of Marathon?
The name of the walls built in 457 BC that connected Athens safely with the port of Piraeus.
What were the Long Walls?
The anti-democracy council put in charge of Athens by Sparta at the end of the war.
What was the Thirty Tyrants?
The marketplace in the center of Athens where people socialized and exchanged new thoughts and ideas.
What was the agora?
This king founded the Persian Empire after conquering the Medes, Babylonians, Assyrians, and Lydians.
Who was Cyrus the Great?
The battle at which Themistocles tricked the Persian navy and crippled their ships.
What is the Battle of Salamis?
What was the Delian League?
The Corinthian colony whose alliance with Athens sparked the Peloponnesian War.
What was Corcyra?
An annual religious festival with raucous celebrations that was also the birthplace of tragedy.
What was the Greater Dionysia?
This king added Egypt to the Persian Empire and was said to have been insane.
Who was Cambyses?
The battle at which Sparta and Athens co-led the army and crippled the Persian land forces.
What was the Battle of Plataea?
The politician responsible for the building of Athens' city walls, against the wishes of Sparta.
Who was Themistocles?
The Spartan general and admiral who ultimately defeated the Athenians and forced them to surrender.
Who was Lysander?
Foreign workers who ran most businesses like shipping, banks, and factories.
Who were the metics?
The Persians replaced this empire as the leading "world" power in 538 BC.
What was the Assyrian Empire?
The location at which the first campaign to invade Greece was shipwrecked in 492 BC.
Where is Mt. Athos?
Athens' greatest economic competitor throughout the Mediterranean during this period.
Who were the Phoenicians?
The location of a disastrous Athenian expedition in 415 BC that marked the beginning of the final phase of the war.
Where is Syracuse?
The artist most famous for the statue of Zeus and the decoration of the Parthenon.
Who was Phidias?