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| Region colonized by the Greeks in the 7th C. BC |
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| Capital of ancient Elam; the palaces of Darius and Artaxerxes I; the Code of Hammurabi was found here |
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| Region of Eurasia; Nomadic people lived here between the 8th and 4th C. BC before they were conquered by the Samaritans |
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| Greek island in the Aegean sea; It was first inhabited in the Bronze Age. Later, it became a commercial and maritime power |
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| Tyrant of Samos, he established the naval supremacy of Samian |
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| Ancient Greek city; It was the site of the Battle of Plataea where the Persians were defeated by the Greeks |
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| The location of the center of the Ionian league; where the temple of Poseidon is found |
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| An important seaport that led in the Black sea colonization |
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| People who inhabited Media |
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| People who were similar to the Scythians in dress and mode of living |
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| Persian general who helped Xerxes I plan his invasion of Greece |
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| Priestly caste of ancient Persia; thought to have molded a pre-Zoroastrian religion |
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| A wealthy city in the Mermnadae dynasty; the first use of coined money was observed here |
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| The center of Bronze Age civilization; an Island in the Aegean sea |
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| King of Sparta; during a war against Persia he was killed in an attempt to defend the pass at Thermopylae |
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| A port of ancient Miletus in Ionia |
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| One of the major ancient Greek tribes |
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| Tyrant of Miletus in the late 6th C. BC |
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| Sister, wife, and successor of Mausolus; She conquered the Island of Rhodes and was a patron of the arts |
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| Helped to suppress the Ionian revolt; measured out territories in parasangs and assessed their tributes |
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| King of Lydia who was defeated by Cyrus of Persia and, in madness, threw himself onto a funeral pyre |
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| King of Sparta; interested in foreign conquests; supposedly died from self-mutilation while in exile |
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| Island noted for its shipping community; it was the home to the school of rhetoric started by Isocrates |
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| Pharaoh of Egypt's old kingdom; built the Great Pyramid of Giza |
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| Son of Cyrus; killed the Apis bull for which he is punished for by madness |
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| Capital of the kingdom of Babylonia; founded by Hammurabi |
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| City where the legendary statue of either Zeus or Poseidon was found |
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| Admiral who served under Darius the Great |
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| Candaules' servant; saw his wife naked and was forced by said wife to murder the king; upon death of Candaules became king through marriage of the queen |
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| Last great New Kingdom pharaoh |
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| leader of Miletus; advisor to Darius I; planned the invasion of Naxos, but failed in mission |
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| Civilization that competed with Greece for title of "oldest nation on earth"; Greece won |
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| King of Sparta; known for opposition to the co-ruler of Sparta: Cleomenes I |
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