Ancient Greece

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Across
  1. 2. Greek city-state that focused on their military.
  2. 11. The last stand of the Spartan 300.
  3. 12. Greece's largest peninsula and home of the Spartans.
  4. 14. Persian emperor who first tried to invade Greece.
  5. 15. A Greek market and gathering place.
  6. 17. A land nearly surrounded by water.
  7. 18. A major naval victory for the Greeks against the Persians.
  8. 22. The first Persian emperor.
Down
  1. 1. Mycenaean king who led the Greeks at Troy
  2. 3. An absolute ruler who seized power by force.
  3. 4. A government where a small group holds control.
  4. 5. The earliest civilization near Greece.
  5. 6. Athenian general who led the Greeks at Salamis.
  6. 7. Slaves of Sparta
  7. 8. A Greek city-State.
  8. 9. The first Greeks, they replaced the Minoans as the power of the region.
  9. 10. Spartan king who led the Greeks at Thermopylae.
  10. 12. Large Asian empire that threatened Greece.
  11. 13. Provinces of the Persian Empire.
  12. 16. Emperor who led the 2nd invasion of Greece.
  13. 19. The first major battle between the Greeks and Persia.
  14. 20. The island home of the Minoans
  15. 21. Greek city-state that focused on knowledge.
  16. 22. A settlement with close ties to its homeland.
  17. 23. Spartan judges and law enforcement.