2. ALEXANDER THE GREAT! The son of King Philip II His father died and Alexander inherited the kingdom that his father made. Took over as king and expanded his empire father then his father could imagine.
4. Greek Gods Ancient Greeks believed in many gods Most powerful god was Zeus These gods could interact with the humans but usually in a different form than their normal body. zeus http://www.flickr.com
5. Important cities in Ancient Greece Athens Home of the Athenians Sparta Home of the Spartans http://www.flickr.com
6. Sparta It was a city state in Ancient Greece Had a great land based military Completely focused all of its time on military and being well fit
7. Athens Also a city state in Ancient Greece Had a really good naval army Spent a lot of time on learning and philosophy Known as the birth place of democracy
8. Peloponnesian War War between Athens and Sparta Sparta was receiving help from the Persians Athens recovered from the wars and rebuilt and Sparta never recovered
9. Hoplites Warriors of the city states Not just anybody could be this Needed a lot of money to be a Hoplite because you had to pay for all the armor and weapons your self They trained themselves http://www.flickr.com/
10. Pericles In charge of the Athenian military during the Peloponnesian wars Became the leader of Athens Made many new laws after he became the leader Rebuilt Athens after Peloponnesian wars
11. Persian War This was an all out war by the Persian on everyone in their path The small city states of Ancient Greece were targeted by the Persian military multiple times. The Greek world was tiny compared to the Persian Empire that stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indus River Valley
12. Olympics The Greeks held contests in honor of their gods Every four years the Greeks had competitions at a city named Olympia No women were allowed to watch Only Greek nationals could participate
14. Homer Born in the 8-9th century BC He was a blind poet He was the one who wrote the poems the Iliad and the Odyssey
15. Socrates Born 469 BC and died in 399 BC Classical Greek Philosopher Credited for laying the fundamentals of modern western philosophy Was sentenced to death for teaching philosophy and had to drink poison and walk till he couldn’t anymore
16. Plato Student of Socrates Classical Greek Philosopher Born 428 BC an died 348 BC Most famous for writing “Trial of Socrates”
17. Aristotle Born in 384 BC Became a student of Plato Started a school named lyceum for philosophy
