Chapter 9 Flashcards
Cyrus the Great
Because of his great success historians call him Cyrus the great
Cavalry
A unit of soldiers that ride horses.
Darius I
He claimed the throne and killed his rivals.
Persian Wars
The invasion began a series of wars between Persia and Greece.
Xerxes I
He tried to conquer Greece again.
Alliance
Or an agreement to work together
Peloponnesian War
A war between the Spartans and the Athens.
Phillip II
Became king of Macedonia
Phalanx
Is warriors that stood close together in a square.
Alexander the Great
The efforts earned him the name Alexander the Great
Hellenistic
Or green like
Socrates
Among the greatest of thinkers was him.
Plato
Was a student of Socrates
Aristotle
Plato’s student
Reason
Or clear and ordered thinking