Ancient Greece vocab

2. The blind poet credited with writing the Iliad and the Odyssey.
3. A Greek city-state, the fundamental political unit of ancient Greece.
5. The bronze-age civilization based on the island of Crete, known for the labyrinth.
6. A government ruled by a small group of noble, land-owning families.
7. A tight military formation of foot soldiers armed with spears and shields
11. The philosopher who tutored Alexander the Great and pioneered rules of logic.
13. The blend of Greek, Persian, Egyptian, and Indian cultures.
14. The war between Athens and Sparta that shattered Greek unity.

1. A series of conflicts between Greek city-states and a massive empire to the east.
3. The philosopher who wrote The Republic and founded the Academy.
4. The king who conquered the Greek city-states before his assassination.
6. The conqueror who built a massive empire stretching from Greece to India.
8. The philosopher who taught by asking questions and was condemned to death.
9. A Greek-speaking people that migrated into the mainland during a dark age.
10. An early Greek civilization that dominated the mainland and fought in the Trojan War.
12. A system of government where citizens hold the ruling power.