Ancient Greece
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| What was the name of the civil war that broke out between the Greek city states |
Peloponnesian War |
| A period of great cultural growth following the Persian Wars |
The Golden Age of Greece |
| What famous Greek sculptor created two beautiful statues of the goddess Athena |
Phidias |
| A stage that faces a hill on which rows of stone seats rise in a semi circle |
amphi-theater |
| The Father of Greek tragedy |
Aeschylus |
| An outstanding Athenian leader who was also one of the greatest of all Greek orators |
Pericles |
| The Greeks believed the gods and goddesses like to see heatlhy bodies and athletic skills so they developed this competition |
The Olympics |
| Athens form of punishment for a serious crime |
banishment |
| To form a strong military, what did Spartans do with their babies |
weak babies were exposed and strong children were taken from their Moms at age 7 to begin training to become a warrior |
| Who built a pontoon bridge across the Dardanelles Strait |
Xerxes |
| A seeker or lover of knowledge |
philosopher |
| A weak form of government formed when a group joins for some reason but does not want to give up their independence |
confederacy |
| A famous philosopher of Greece who was known to ask questions to make people think |
Socrates |
| What language was the New Testamnent written in |
Greek |
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