| A | B |
|---|
| Believed everything in the universe was made of water | Thales |
| He brought ideas of geometry from Egypt to Greece | Thales |
| He discovered static electricity | Thales |
| He drank a cup of poison | Socrates |
| 469 - 399 BC | The lifespan of Socrates |
| He taught people how to question. He was tried and condemned to die for this | Socrates |
| He believed in accepting and honoring the will of the state | Socrates |
| 428 - 348 BC | Plato's life |
| He was a pupil of Socrates | Plato |
| He believed that the world was made up of forms and ideas | Plato |
| He believed that city rulers should be philosophers | Plato |
| "The Republic" | Plato's book describing an ideal state |
| A park near ancient Athens where Plato taught | Academy |
| Pupil of Plato | Aristotle |
| 384 - 322 BC | Aristotle's life |
| He believed the world was physical | Aristotle |
| He was interested in philosophy, physics, zoology, and biology | Aristotle |
| He believed the earth was the center of the universe | Aristotle |
| He was one of the greatest teachers of all time | Aristotle |
| He believed that people learnt from experience | Aristotle |
| "Politics" | Aristotle's book on how governments should be run |
| Oligarchy | Aristotle believed that governments should be run by a few wealthy people - not a democracy |
| One of Aristotle's most famous students | Alexander the Great |
| He made important discoveries about the heart and brain | Erasistratus |
| 290 BC | Erasistratus discovered the human heart had valves |
| He believed the heart was a pump | Erasistratus |
| Mathematician who taught in Alexandria, Egypt | Euclid |
| Wrote about geometry and astronomy | Euclid |
| Astronomer who believed the earth moved around the sun | Aristarchus |
| Discovered the correct method to measure the distance of the sun, moon, and other heavenly bodies from the earth | Aristarchus |
