Ancient Greece Flashcards
Which are the three Greek periods?
Archaic period
Classical period
Hellenistic period
How do Greeks call independent city-states?
Poleis
These poleis were independent so they had their:
Own currency, Army, Laws, Government and Were self sufficient
Which are the two parts of the urban centre?
Acropolis
Agora
In the archaic period what did they have in common?
- They had common origins
- They shared the same language, culture and religion
- They shared Hellas (geographical space)
How many poleis were there?
There were more than 200 poleis
Which were the two important wars that marked the classical period?
Greco-persian war
Peloponnesian war
In the classical period there were two important wars among them:
The Battle of Marathon
The Battle of Salamis
In which century did the Peloponnesian wars end?
In the 5th c. BC
How much time did the two new wars of the Delian League last?
27 years
In which century did the kingdom of Macedonia become more powerful?
In the 4th century
Who started conquering Greece?
The king Phillip II
After the king’s Phillip II death, who began building a large empire?
His son Alexander the Great
When Alexander the Great died his generals created different kingdoms, which were called:
Hellenistic monarchies
Who conquered them in the hellenistic period?
They were conquered by Rome
