Across
- 2. “city-state”; basic political unit of Greece
- 3. rule by the people
- 6. formal study of human thought and culture
- 8. invaders that conquered the Mycenaean civilization around 1200 BC
- 10. “king of gods and man” according to Greek mythology; ruler of Olympus
- 11. most spectacular temple in ancient Athens; dedicated to the city’s patron goddess Athena
- 13. according to Greek mythology, patron of the city of Athens; goddess of wisdom
- 15. rule by a few
- 16. Greek culture
- 17. the breakdown of government and order
Down
- 1. an early civilization in the Aegean region based on the island of Crete; established trade with the Fertile Crescent and Egypt
- 4. early Greek civilization on the mainland of Greece; borrowed heavily from the Minoan civilization
- 5. men who sought the answers to the basic questions of life through human reasoning
- 6. similar to Greek culture
- 7. rule by one
- 9. a three-step logical process of thinking
- 12. government headed by a tyrant who gained complete control of it, usually by force
- 14. chief magistrate of the Athenian council of nobles
- 18. original Spartans who were enslaved by the Dorians