Crash Course ~ Persia and Greece
1. The ________________________________ became the model for all land-based empires
throughout the world.
2. One of the first true historians was __________________, whose famous book the Persian
Wars accounts for much of the information we know about Persian history.
3. The Persian Achaemenid Dynasty was founded in 539 BCE by ________________________.
4. The Persians were known for ruling with a light touch, allowing conquering regions to
continue practicing many of their own customs as long as they paid ______________ to the
king. Although they practiced ___________________, they also allowed freedom of religion.
5. Many elements of our contemporary culture come from the Greeks, such as
_________________, _________________, and literature.
6. In Athens, they practiced __________________ as their form of government.
7. When thinking of the high point of Greek culture, exemplified by the Parthenon,
__________________ in the 4th Century BCE comes to mind, a time just after the
____________________________.
8. Greeks lived in _____________________, which consisted of a city and its surrounding area,
each of which had its own form of government.
9. From 490 to 480 BCE, the Greeks and Persians fought a war. The famous Battle of
Thermopylae glorifies the _________________, while the Battle of __________________ is the basis
for our present-day 26.2 mile run.
10. After the Persian wars, the Greeks began to see themselves as one entity, and
______________ entered its Golden Age. ___________________ was an important leader who
emphasized Democracy.
11. The ___________________________________ was a 30 year conflict between the Athenians
and Spartans, eventually won by the Spartans.
12. The Peloponnesian War was a fight for resources and __________________.
13. The Peloponnesian War left the Greeks weak and susceptible to conquering by
______________________________ father, Philip II.