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Ancient greece
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Colonies were first established by Greece around 700 BC because they could not grow enough food to feed their growing population. | Pericles- leader who made Athens more demotratic |
| The Minoan's made their living as traders. | Cyrus- king who built a strong Persian army and expanded the empire |
| Peisistratus- Greek tyrant that became popular giving land to landless farmers. | Leonidas- spartan king who led 7,000 soldiers at Thermopylae |
| The Mycenean's learned navigating the sun and stars from the Minoans | Xeres- Persian king who invaded Greece and led his army at the Battle of Sabhis. |
| Dark age- a 300 year period of time in Greece beginning around 600 BC when farming and trade failed and many stopped reading and writting | |
| Athenian Assembly- appointed 10 generals who carried out the assembly's laws | |
| Sparta finally defeated Athens in the Pelomesian War by destroying their naval fleet and blockading the city. |