Unit 4: Greece and Persia

Early Greek leader who brought democratic reforms such as his formation of the Council of Four Hundred

• Socrates

• Alexandria

• Plato

• Solon

A democratic Greek polis who accomplished many cultural achievements, and who were constantly at war with Sparta.

• Constantinople

• Athens

• Troy

• Rome

King of Persia who expanded the empire and invaded Greece but was defeated at the Battle of Marathon (550-486 BC)

• Darius the Great

• Xerxes the Great

• Alexander the Great

• Sargon the Great

A road for the government use built by the ancient Persian ruler Darius which helped unite the empire

• Silk Road

• Royal Road

• Oligarchy

• Great Wall

A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy

• Darius the Great

• Iliad (Homer)

• Odyssey (Homer)

• Alexandria

Athenian leader noted for advancing democracy in Athens and for ordering the construction of the Parthenon, also lead Athens through its Golden Age.

• Pericles

• Aristotle

• Cleisthenes

• Plato

A military formation of foot soldiers armed with spears and shields

• Phalanx

• Harpoon

• Pericles

• Helots

(431-404 BCE) The war between Athens and Sparta that in which Sparta won, but left Greece as a whole weak and ready to fall to its neighbors to the north.

• Peloponnesian War

• Punic War

• Trojan War

• Persian War

A powerful Greek military polis that was often at war with Athens. Used slaves known as helots to provide agricultural labor.

• Sparta

• Socrates

• Royal Road

• Parthenon

King of the Greek gods

• Hera

• Plato

• Zues

• Ares