Ancient Greece

2. son of Darius, and ruler of Persia from 486 to 465 B.C.E.; eventually defeated by the Greeks at the end of the Persian invasion of Greece
3. a great Persian king who ruled from about 522 to 486 B.C.E.
4. a great Greek philosopher; a tutor of Alexander the Great; and the author of works on logic, science, and politics
6. Wars the period of fighting between the Persian Empire and the allied Greek city-states for control of the land in Greece
8. a city-state of ancient Greece, known for its military oligarchy
9. a government in which power is held by the people, who exercise power directly or through elected representatives
11. a great ancient Greek philosopher who taught by asking his students thought-provoking questions
13. a marketplace in ancient Greece
14. a city in Egypt, founded in 332 B.C.E. by Alexander the Great; also, an ancient center of learning
18. the temple built on the acropolis above Athens, honoring the goddess Athena
19. Empire a vast empire from 550 to 330 B.C.E. that ruled over lands in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia

1. a member of the most powerful class in ancient Greek society
4. the Great the ruler of a vast empire that extended from Macedonia to India in the 300s B.C.E.
5. government in which absolute ruling power is held by a person who is not a lawful king
7. a government in which the ruling power is in the hands of a few people
10. of Elders a small group of Spartans who made all the important governing decisions
12. the hill above a Greek city, on which temples were built
15. a city-state of ancient Greece that was first to have a democracy; also known as the birthplace of Western civilization; the capital of present-day Greece
16. an ancient kingdom located north of Greece
17. a government in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person