Section 1: Cultures of the Mountains and Sea
These people settled on the Greek mainland around 2000 BC and invaded Crete/Minoan civilization and adopted their writing system.
Who are the Mycenaeans?
During the Dorian Age, military weapons switched from bronze to this metal.
This man was the leader of Athens for 32 years during the Golden Age.
Who is Pericles?
This Macedonian ruler invaded Greece and was the father of Alexander the Great.
Who is Philip II?
Until the 16th and 17th centuries, this city in Egypt provided most of the scientific knowledge available in the West.
What is Alexandria?
According to legend, the Mycenaeans fought this independent city-state for 10 years after a prince kidnapped a Mycenaean king's wife.
What is Troy?
Sparta conquered these people and forced them to be helots, or peasants bound to the land their worked.
What is Messenia?
This is one of two types of Greek dramas that primarily focuses on events of the past and/or legends.
What is tragedy?
This philosopher was the tutor of Alexander the Great.
Who is Aristotle?
This culture resulted from the blending of Greek, Egyptian, Persian, and Indian cultures.
What is Hellenistic culture?
After the collapse of the Mycenaean civilization, this distant relative of the Bronze Age Greeks moved onto the mainland.
Who are the Dorians?
This was a practice in Draco's first legal code of Athens where small farmers worked as slaves to pay off their debts.
What is debt slavery?
This is one of two types of Greek drama that primarily focuses on current events.
What is comedy?
This Persian territory welcomed Alexander the Great and his army as liberators.
What is Egypt?
This school of philosophy was founded by Zeno and encourages its followers to focus on the things in life that they can control.
What is Stoicism?
This blind storyteller composed two great epics that were not written down for around 200 years after he lived.
Who is Homer?
This war was fought between Athens and Persia after Athens assisted Greeks in Ionia when they rebelled against Persian rule.
What is the Persian War?
This type of art was popular in ancient Greece and valued order, balance, and proportion.
What is classical art?
After the death of his father and with Greek defeated, Alexander the Great set his sites on invading this empire.
What is Persia?
This school of philosophy teaches its followers that the main goal of life is happiness, which can be achieved through a life of moderation.
What is Epicureanism?
This shaped Greek culture and trade by providing trade routes and connecting Greeks with other societies.
What is the sea?
This was formed after the Persian War and was comprised of 140 Greek city-states.
This war was fought between Athens and Sparta and marked the end of Athens' golden age.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
This was the Persian ruler during Alexander the Great's invasion.
This housed many ancient masterpieces of literature.
What is the Library of Alexandria?