Classical Greece Crossword

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  1. 4. / civilization that flourished on the island of Crete from ca. 2000-1500 BCE; unique art & architecture made significant contributions to the development of western civilization
  2. 6. Empires / the reach of Greek culture & traditions outside of Greece to the wider world during the time of Alexander the Great and his successors (the Antigonid, Ptlomaic, and Seleucid empires)
  3. 8. / city-state located on the Peloponnesus; devoted majority of their resources to the development of a powerful & disciplined military machine
  4. 9. Iliad / offered a Greek perspective on a campaign waged by a band of Greek warriors against the city of Troy, in Anatolia, during the 12th century BCE
  5. 10. War / a conflict which engaged the Mycenaeans and the city of Troy between 1200-1100 BCE; mainly over shipping and trade in the region; immortalized in The Iliad
  6. 11. / city-state located in Attica region; devoted to the study of philosophy & government; leader in trade of the region
  7. 12. / Greek philosopher; knowledge based on consideration of ideal forms outside the material world; proposed ideal form of government based on abstract principles in which philosophers ruled 
  8. 13. the Great / son of Philip of Macedon; assembled an army of 48,000 men to invade the Persian Empire; by 327 BCE had taken his army across the Indus River into the Punjab; died in 323 BCE before being able to fully develop his empire
  9. 14. / a ruler of oppressive character who is an absolute ruler unrestrained by law or constitution
  10. 15. / general under Alexander the Great that took Greece and Macedon after his death; his successors ruled until the Romans established their authority in the region in the 2nd century BCE
  11. 16. Odyssey / tale that recounted the experiences of the Greek hero Odysseus as he sailed home after the Trojan War
  12. 17. / Alexander's general that took the largest portion of the empire; the former Achamenid stretching from Bactria to Anatolia; held until displaced by the Parthians in 2nd century BCE
  13. 19. / Alexander's general that took control of Egypt; Ptolemaic dynasty ruled until the Roman conquest in 31 BCE
  14. 20. / Greek philosopher; teacher of Alexander the Great; knowledge based on observation of phenomena in the material world
  15. 22. A / Minoan written script
  16. 23. games / PanHellenic festival started in 776 BCE to bring Greek communities from all parts of the Mediterranean together by sending athletes to Olympia to compete in contests of speed, skill, and strength
  17. 24. Minos / leader of a sophisticated society that arose on the island of Crete during the late 3rd century BCE
  18. 25. / Athenian philosopher of later 5th century BCE; tutor of Plato; urged rational reflection of moral decisions; condemned to death for corrupting the minds of Athenian youth
  19. 26. / successor of Darius wanted to avenge Persian losses in war with Greece; sent 100,000 troops and 1,000 ships to punish them; he burned Athens but lost the Battle of Salamis
  20. 27. / according to Greek tradition the blind poet that composed the two great epics of Ancient Greece
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  1. 1. / (640-559 BCE); Athenian statesman, lawgiver, and poet; his reforms prepared the way for the introduction of democracy in Athens; ended slavery for debt & replaced draconian law with more humane one
  2. 2. / typical structure of an ancient Greek community consisting of an urban center and all of its surrounding land; the "city-state"
  3. 3. B / early Mycenaean written script, adapted from Linear A
  4. 4. / society of the Greek Peloponnesus that was heavily influenced by the island of Crete (1600-1100 BCE)
  5. 5. War / following the Persian Wars the Delian League was formed to pull various Greek city-states into a defensive alliance; Athens led the "alliance" and its treasury; camps became divided between Athens and Sparta and war ensued; Sparta defeats Athens (431-404 BCE) but not achieve political unification of Greece
  6. 7. / people of neighboring lands conquered by Sparta that were to provide agricultural labor and keep them supplied with food; by 6th century outnumbered the citizens of Sparta
  7. 18. Wars / a series of conflicts between Greece and the Persian Empire (500-479 BCE); Greek cities on the Ionian coast revolted against their Persian rulers; Darius and Xerxes would attack Greece, but ultimately lose
  8. 19. / (495-429 BCE) prominent statesman, orator, and general of Athens during the Golden Age; led the Delian League; saw to the building of the Acropolis and the Parthenon
  9. 21. / greatest of the Achaemenid emperors (r.521-486 BCE); ruled an empire stretching from the Indus River to the Aegean Sea; quelled the Ionian rebellion by 493 BCE; sent a fleet to crush Athens in 490 BCE, but was routed at the Battle of Marathon (480 BCE)
  10. 25. / female poet who composed nine volumes of poetry around 600 BCE; instructed young women in music and literature