Greece

2. A period of unparalleled cultural, political, and intellectual growth, marked by flourishing democracy.
5. The greatest historian of the ancient world.
7. A form of government in which citizens rule directly.
9. The type of government where citizens elect officials to make the laws.
11. A pause in fighting, temporary peace.
12. A widespread disease.
13. A crucial, resource-rich, and heavily colonized extension.
14. The surrounding of a place in order to force it to surrender.

1. Civil war between Sparta and Athens. Athenians waited behind their walks while Spartans surrounded them. Plague hits Athens and eventually their fleet is destroyed and they are defeated.
3. Deliberate social exclusion of individuals or groups.
4. An aristocrat, created a council of 500 and helped form Athenian democracy.
6. The temple honoring the goddess Athena, built on the acropolis above Athens.
8. Alliance between Athens and many of its allied cities following the first attempted invasion of Perisa into Greece. Caused a lot of wealth to flow into Athens and thus contributed to the Athenian "golden age."
10. Athenian leader noted for advancing democracy in Athens and for ordering the construction of the Parthenon.