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He was the king of Mycenae and the leader of the greek army that was in the trojan horse in Homer’s story The Iliad.
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The Famous poet of The Odyssey and iliad.
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The first olympic game began in Elis, a city-state in an Olympia. It was held every 4 years in honor of a religious holiday made for Zesus (Greek God).
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Draco created the first Athenian laws in a constitution. These laws were very sacred; it is said that they are written with blood instead of ink.
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Son of Darius and wants to take over Ancient Greece as well, but never succeeded. Xerxes gave up during the battle of Salamis.
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Political system in which the people have the power to vote.
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Led Athens during the Golden Age
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It was a series of wars fought by Greek states and Persia for like about half a century.
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It was a battle in between the first persian invasion of greece. This battle was fought on the Marathon Plain and it was one of the first things that led to the Greco-Persian war.
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Persians began to invade the athenians causing another series of wars to begin. The Greeks ended up winning the war.
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300 Spartans went up against thousands of Persian soldiers in a mountain pass. The Persians end up winning.
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Greek Philosopher that was the first to question ethics. His philosophies are still being used today.
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Two most powerful greek city-states Athens and Sparta fought against each other over power. They both ended up making a peace treaty in 423 BC Peace of Nicias saying that they will have a resting period. After their resting period they fought again in 415 BC. They ended 405 and the Spartans won. After the war was over it signified that the Golden age was over.
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Student of Socrates and teacher to Aristotle
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The ancient greeks discover this technique to shoot objects/arrows for long distances.
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Plato acquired a piece of land to teach his philosophies in this academy.
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One of Plato’s students. Aristotle taught Alexander The Great that he could gain knowledge by observing the world.
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One of Persia’s kings. Darius wanted to take over Ancient Greece, but failed during the Battle of Marathon.
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King of Macedon and the father of Alexander the Great.
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Alexander the III king of Macedonia. He had one of the best military minds and had one of the biggest empires in history.
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It was a battle near Thebes in between the Macedonians and Greeks. The Macedonians defeated the Greeks and took over city-states like Athens and Thebes. The Greeks and Macedonians joined together to create an alliance against Persia.
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Was a federation of greek states created by Philip the II after the Battle of Chaeronea to create a stronger and more organized military so that they could overrule Persia
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One of Persia’s kings. Darius wanted to take over Ancient Greece, but failed during the Battle of Marathon.
