History Crossword Puzzle Greece
Across
- 4. a greek city-state that was established in south western greece
- 5. ancient city of crete
- 10. father of alexander the great, took control of all of greece to unit the city-states
- 11. the protection law where 6000 athenian voters would vote on a person being harmful to the society, and they would become exiled from the country
- 13. most populus greek city-state
- 15. greek naval commander
- 18. greek mathematician, geographer, and astronomer that determined the circumference of the earth precisely
- 19. greek colonies on asia minor
- 21. ancient greek city-state in asia minor
- 22. elected officals that were in charge of educating youth and conduct of citizens
- 23. an open area to the public
- 24. time of famine, and unwritten history
- 26. place where a leader talks to the greek gods to get an answer
- 27. story about last year of the trojan war
- 28. wrote the history of the greeks in the persian wars which was the first sign of history in western civilization
- 29. the sea between asia minor and eastern greece
- 30. an athenian aristocrat that freed slaves, and freed people of debt for athenians
- 31. a student of socrates that wrote many things he learned, and thought
- 33. ask me a me for something relating to ancient history
- 37. a great transformation for the greek city-states
- 38. slaves of the city-state sparta
- 39. the sea that is surrounded by land on 3 sides
- 45. government ruled by the majority of the population
- 50. island south of greece with the first greek civilization
- 52. a sculture with a true love of philosophy who has no known history other than his pupils' writings
- 54. king that avenged his father, and burned athens
- 56. greek ruler who gained the upper hand, and established democracy for athenes
- 58. a philosopher who taught a great deal of his knowledge to the future world conqueror alexander the great
- 62. king that set revenge against athens for supporting a rebellion
- 63. mathematician who wrote out plane geometry
- 64. mathematician who studies geometry and created the formula of Pi
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- 1. a city-state
- 2. north-western part of asia
- 3. heavily armed infantry
- 6. school of hellenistic philosophy founded in athens in the 3th century B.C.
- 7. rectangualur formation for hopelite soldiers in battle
- 8. greek plays that ended badly because it was to show life lessons, or that life isn't a happy story
- 9. city-state on the greek penninsula where leaders
- 10. an organized system of thought
- 12. the sea between sicily and western greece
- 14. an outstanding drama writer who wrote characters that were more realistic
- 15. greek scientists who invented a mathmatic formula named after him
- 16. the the method of teaching where you ask a question, and the student gives and answer in which he learns from
- 17. famous greek writer, wrote two stories about the trojan war
- 20. first greek civilization on the island of crete
- 25. became kind of Macedonia, and conquered the persian empire
- 32. narrow passage way that was set for battle to defend from the persian invasion
- 34. government ruled by the minority of the population
- 35. system of philosophy based upon the teachings of epicurus
- 36. many city-states were surrounded by mountains, so invasion wasn't heard of except for from known civilizations
- 40. voters elect laws directly to the government
- 41. a greek city-state that struggled to dominate greek affairs along with athens, and sparta
- 42. created the tragedie called oresteia which was the only surviving play writin
- 43. fortified area where people of the city-state gathered for politics
- 44. Egyptian City built by Alexander the Great
- 46. a northern Greek City-State
- 47. greek hero during the trojan wars that was recorded in the book illiad
- 48. a group of traveling teachers in ancient greece who rejected speculation such as Pythagoras's ideas
- 49. athenian playwriter who wrote oedipus rex
- 51. story about the return from troy
- 53. excellence, or nirvana
- 55. rulers who seize power from aristocrats by force
- 57. a man who fought in the peloponnesian war and later wrote it's history
- 59. place where the statue of zeus was built along with the olympic games
- 60. first mainland greek civilization
- 61. greek city-state that was an oligarchy