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greece 4
persian war + athenian golden age + peloponnesian war
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| wealthies greek city-state | athens |
| conquered an empire stretching from asia minor to the border of india | persians |
| reblled against persian rule in 499 B.C. | Ionia |
| emperor who sent a huge force across the Aegean to punish athens for its interference | Darius |
| greeks fastest runner | Pheidippides |
| battle won by the greeks in Marathon | battle of marathon |
| athenian leader, urged athenians to build a fleet of warships | themistocles |
| darius' son | xerxes |
| small spartan force guarded this mountain pass when the persians came back to northern greece | thermopylae |
| what king led the spartans | King leonidas |
| son of cyrus | darius |
| athenean colony under persian empire | miletus |
| Darius entered greece through where (north)? | macedonia |
| island that athenians evacuate to hen when the perisians were held at thermopylae | salamis |
| persian navy takes on athenian navy in this battle | battle of salamis |
| last battle of the persian wars | battle of plataea |
| first time a novel is written by primary sources (eye-witness)... who was writer | heroditus |
| alliance formed by athenians with other greek city-states | delian league |
| years after the persian wars were what for athens | golden age |
| golden age was also known as | age of pericles |
| pericles believed that all male citizens, regarless of wealth or social class, should take part in | government |
| historian who lived in the age of pericles, and recorded a speech given by pericles | thucydides |
| speech given by pericles at the funeral of the athenians slain in battle | Funeral Oration |
| educated, foreign-born woman, helped pericles turn athens into the cultural center of greece | aspasia |
| sparta and other enemies of athens formed this against the delian league | Peloponnesian League |
| killed a third of the population including pericles | plague |
| sparta allied itself with | persia |
| with help of the persian navy the spartans captured | athens |
| greek city-state that defeated sparta | Thebes |
| as greeks fought amongst themselves, a new power forms in | Macedonia |