the ancient greeks

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  1. 2. Greek tyrant who seized power in 560 B.C.; he divided large estates among landless farmers and gave jobs and money to the poor
  2. 4. Persian king who came to the throne in 521 B.C. and reorganized the Persian government by dividing the empire into 20 states
  3. 5. a Greek island in the Aegean Sea where the Delian League had its headquarters
  4. 7. he strait where the Greeks attacked and destroyed almost the entire Persian fleet in a ferocious battle
  5. 9. in early Greek city-states, an open area that served as both a market and a meeting place
  6. 11. an Athenian general who came up with a plan for the Spartans and the Athenians to fight the Persians
  7. 14. a site northwest of Athens where the largest Greek army ever assembled crushed the Persian army and saved their homeland in 479 B.C.
  8. 17. person who was conquered and enslaved by the ancient Spartans
  9. 18. great Athenian general and statesman who guided Athens from 461 B.C. until 429 B.C.; he expanded democracy by allowing lower-class male citizens to run for political office; he also supported artists, architects, and philosophers
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  1. 1. democracy system of government in which people gather at mass meetings to decide on government matters
  2. 2. the early Greek city-state, made up of a city and the surrounding countryside and run like an independent country
  3. 3. democracy system of government in which people elect leaders to make laws
  4. 6. person who takes power by force and rules with total authority
  5. 8. the Mycenaean king in Greek mythology who used trickery to win the Trojan War
  6. 10. the son of Darius, this Persian king took the throne in 486 B.C. after the death of his father; he invaded Greece but was eventually defeated
  7. 12. official who ruled a state in the Persian Empire under Darius
  8. 13. Greek leader who came to power in 508 B.C. and is credited with making the government of Athens a democracy
  9. 15. a city-state in early Greece which developed into an emerging democracy; boys were given a well-rounded education that included academics, sports, and music
  10. 16. the Great ruler who united the Persians into a powerful empire in the 6th century B.C.
  11. 19. an island off the southeast coast of mainland Greece