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Socrates
question
Aristotle
scientist
plato
academic
government
democracy
Iliad and odyssey
homer
Knossos
europe’s oldest city
Pericles
democratic leader, partheneon
Phillip II
king of Macedonia
Alexander the Great
son of Phillip II, conquered persian empire, spread greek culture, alexandria
polis
city state
solon
set the ground for democracy
sparta known for
military, womens rights
cleisthenes
introduced democracy in Athens
athens known for
democracy, navy
peloponnesian war
between sparta and athens
olympics
games held in honor of zeus, men only
herean games
women only
minoans
crete, linear A, foreigner
myceneans
took over Crete, attacked troy, linear B
greece were big on
democracy, tragedy (theater), and philosophy