greek history Flashcards
Cyrus the great
because he was so successful they named him Cyrus the great
calvary
A unit of soldiers who ride horses
Darius I
A prince named Darius l claimed the throne.
persian wars
The invasion began a series of wars between Persia and Greece that historians called the Persian wars.
Xerxes I
Darius son who tried to conquer Greece again
alliance
an agreement to work together
peloponnesian war
a war between Athens and Sparta that threatened to tear all of Greece apart
phalanx
a group of warriors who stood close together in a square
Alexander the great
his efforts to build an empire made him one of the greatest conquerors in history.
Hellenistic
Greek like
reason
clear and ordered thinking.
Plato
a student of Socrates
Socrates
He believed people must never stop looking for knowledge
Aristotle
perhaps the greatest thinker in Greek
Hippocrates
He wanted to figure out what caused diseases so he could cure them.
