Chapter 9 Flashcards
Cyrus the Great
he was successful because of his army
cavalry
a unit of soldiers who ride horses
Darius
claimed the throne and killed his rivals for power
Persian Wars
The invasion began a series of wars between Persia
and Greece
Xerxes
tried to conquer Greece again
alliance
an agreement to work together
Peloponnesian
a war between Athens and Sparta that threatened
to tear Greece apart
Phillip II
In 359 BC became a king of Macedonia
phalanx
a group of warriors who stood close together in a
square
Alexander
his efforts earned him his name
Hellenistic
or Greek-like
Socrates
He believed that people should never stop looking
for knowledge
Plato
was a student of Socrates and a teacher as well and
a philosopher
Aristotle
Perhaps the greatest Greek thinker
reason
clear and ordered thinking
