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| What name do we give to the Greek Civilization that thrived on Crete in 2000 BCE? | Minoan |
| What do we call the Greeks who lived from 2000 BCE to 1300 BCE and fought in the Trojan War? | Mycenaeans |
| What was another name for Troy? | Ilium |
| What famous blind poet wrote epic poems about the Trojan War, 400 years after it ended? | Homer |
| In what age was there the Rise of the Polis? | Archaic Age |
| Who were the ambitious aristocrats in the Archaic period who led revolts to have more voice in government? | tyrants |
| Who rules in an oligarchy? | a few, generally wealth and powerful individuals |
| What empire was a threat to Greek freedom in the Archais Age? | Persian Empire or Persia |
| Why was Cleisthenes famous? | He created the Athenian Assembly, lawmaking body of Athens. |
| How were Athenian leaders (including generals) selected? | by lot |
| What do we call the practice of banishing overly ambitious citizens who were deemed dangerous to the polis? | ostracism |
| Three hundred soldiers from what polis held off the whole Persian army at the narrow pass of Thermopylae in 480BCE? | Sparta |
| What is another name for the Classical Age that lasted generally from 500-400 BCE? | The Golden Age |
| Who where the two major opposing city-states int he Peloponnesian War (431-404 BCE)? | Athens and Sparta |
| Alexander learned to be an outstanding general from his farther, king of Macedonia. What was his father's name? | Philip II of Macedonia |
| Which Greek military genius conquered the largest empire ever seen between 334-332 BCE? | Alexander or Alexander the Great |
| After Alexander's death, which of his generals became ruler of Egypt and established the city of Alexandria? | Ptolemy |
| What name do we give to the age after Alexanders's death when Greek culture and civilization continued to spread over the known world from 330-30 BCE? | Hellenistic Age |
| What two significant institutes of knowledge did Ptolemy establish in Alexandria? | A great library and the Museum of Alexandria |
| What great civilization finally conquered the ancient Greek Empire? | The Roman Empire or Rome |
