ancient Greece Flashcards
It refers to both the ancient Greek mainland and the surrounding islands in the Aegean Sea
Aegean world
City-states
polis
Central meeting place/market
Agora
Used for protection and was a center for religion and government
Acroplolis
An ancient festival held every fourth year and made up of contests of sports, music, and literature with the victors prize a crown of wild olive
Olympics
a series of battles fought between the Greek city States and the Persian Empire starting in 499 BC and ending around 448 BC
Persian War
Each citizen votes directly on all laws.
Each citizen votes directly on all laws.
Citizens vote for representatives who then vote on the laws.
Representative Democracy
A war fought in ancient Greece between Athens and Sparta
Peloponnesian war