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| Indo-European people who settled on the Greek mainland around 2000 B.C. |
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| 1200 B.C., Mycenaeans attacked trading city of Troy in Anatolia |
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| Greek speaking people that migrated into mainland Greece after the destruction of Mycenaean civilization |
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| Greatest storyteller and poet who composed the Iliad and the Odyssey |
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| Narrative poems that celebrate heroic deeds |
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| Story about gods, ancestors, or heroes told to explain the natural world or the customs and beliefs of a society |
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| Greek city-state; the fundamental political unit of Ancient Greece after 750 B.C. |
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| A fortified hilltop in an ancient Greek city |
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| A government in which power is in the hands of a single person (king) |
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| A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility |
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| A government where power is in the hands of a few people and rule is based on wealth |
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| Military formation of foot soldiers armed with spears and shields |
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| Peasants forced to stay on the land where they worked |
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| A government controlled by its citizens either directly or through representatives |
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| A series of wars in the 5th century B.C. where Greek city-states battled the Persian Empire |
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| An alliance of 140 city-states formed after the Persian Wars |
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| Government wehre citizens (free males) rule directly |
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| From Ancient Greece & Rome; Harmony, order, and balance were emphasized |
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| A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character |
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| A humorous form of drama; includes slapstick and satire |
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| Thinkers who use logic and reason to investigate the nature of the universe, human society and morality |
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| 431-404 B.C., Athens and its allies were defeated by Sparta and its allies |
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| (470-399 B.C.)Philosopher who said, "The unexamined life is not worth living." Founded the Socratic Method of questioning |
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| (427-347 B.C.) Philosopher & student of Socrates who founded The Academy & wrote The Republic - a perfectly governed society made up of 3 groups of people led by a philosopher-king |
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| (384-322 B.C.) Philosopher & student of Plato who opened the Lyceum and argued using rules of logic - the Scientific Method used today |
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| As king of Macedonia invaded and defeated Greece in 338 B.C. He wanted to invade Persia |
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| An ancient kingdom north of Greece whose ruler, Philip II, conquered Greece in 338 B.C. |
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| Son of Philip II; As King of Macedonia led armies and people spreading Greek culture |
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| King of Persia, was defeated by Alexander the Great |
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| The blending of Greek, Persian, Indian culture |
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| The center of the Hellenistic world where trade & commerce flourished |
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| Mathemetician in Alexandria who wrote "Elements" a book of 465 geometry propositions and proofs |
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| Scientist in Alexandria who developed the value of pi, the ratio of circumference, the lever, and the screw |
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| An enormous Hellenistic Statue that stood over the harbor or Rhodes |
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