Ancient Greece

2. a member of an ancient Hellenic race
5. a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece
7. the Greek term for the political units of Greece
8. a philosopher during the 5th century BCE
9. an ancient Macedonian ruler and one of history's greatest military minds
10. a conflict between the two powerful Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta
12. a civilization that appeared around 1700 BCE and spread throughout most of present-day mainland Greece and many islands
13. an ancient Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as the founder of Western philosophy
14. a blind poet who made the Iliad and Odyessy
15. a towering figure in ancient Greek philosophy, who made important contributions to logic

1. covers the time in Greek and Mediterranean history after Classical Greece
3. citizens take an active role in the govt
4. the king (basileus) of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia from 359 BC until his death in 336 BC
6. a form of government that places power in the hands of a small, privileged ruling class
7. a series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire and Greek city-states that started in 499 BC and lasted until 449 BC
11. civilization on Crete island