Ancient Greece

Greek word for city-state

a fortress atop a tall hill in the center of the city-states

the marketplace in ancient Greece

A piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.

a type of government in which people rule themselves

a war between the two great Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta in the 400s BC

A Greek poet, author of the Iliad and the Odyssey

the first of the great Greek thinkers and teachers

teacher and thinker, student of Socrates, and founder of the Academy

A Greek Philosopher, taught Alexander the Great, started a famous school, studied with Plato

Greek mathematician. Considered to be the father of modern geomertry.

great Greek doctor who taught how to treat disease by understanding what caused illness

A democratic Greek polis who accomplished many cultural achievements, and who were constantly at war with Sparta.

Greek city-state that was ruled by an oligarchy, focused on military, used slaves for agriculture, discouraged the arts

A government ruled by a few powerful people