Mediterranean Society: The Greek Phase
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| 7404057739 | Socrates | The guiding figure-head in Greek philosophy and teacher to Platowho believed that his students should think for themselves, so he taught in the form of asking questions | 0 | |
| 7404057710 | Sparta | A polis, ruled by a dual-monarchy, that controlled the Peloponnesus with their well-trained and strong army. They had no agriculture or specialized labor. Their male population was all soldiers. | 1 | |
| 7404057713 | Cult of Dionysus | A popular Greek cult that mostly consisted of women. These women were | 2 | |
| 7404057714 | Cult of Dionysus | A Greek cult consisting mostly of women that praised the god of wine, known to go into a killing frenzy once a year to sacrifice people to their god. Once they became a more tame and civilized cult, they became the leading figures in theater | 3 | |
| 7404057715 | Stoicism | The most popular and respected Hellenistic philosophy. It taught humans were part of a universal family and it was a person's duty to help others lead virtuous lives. | 4 | |
| 7404057717 | helots | People who were conquered and enslaved by the Spartans. They were entire slave city states that provided basic needs for Sparta(such as food and weapons) | 5 | |
| 7404057719 | Alexander the Great | The son of Philip of Macedon and creator of Hellenistic culture who was taught by Aristotle and was a brilliant military strategist, leader, and conqueror | 6 | |
| 7404057721 | Alexander the Great | The man who conquered all of Persia, overthrew the Achaemenid dynasty, and built a massive Greek empire | 7 | |
| 7404057724 | Pericles | A powerful and popular tyrant in Athens who controlled the Delian League's money to build up Athens to make it a prosperous and glorious city. | 8 | |
| 7404057726 | Homer | A Greek writer who is credited with the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey | 9 | |
| 7404057727 | Odyssey | A Greek epic that explains Odysseus's journey back to Greece from Troy | 10 | |
| 7404057728 | Iliad | A Greek epic that recounts the Trojan War | 11 | |
| 7404057729 | Solon | An aristocrat in Athens who ended debt slavery. | 12 | |
| 7404057730 | Solon | A man who prevented civil war in Athens between the aristocracy and the commoners by ending debt slavery and making the Athenian democracy open to all free men. He prevented the aristocracy from growing too powerful by limiting the amount of land one man could own | 13 | |
| 7404057732 | Aristotle | The student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great who tried to accumulate all knowledge in the world through observation. Because of this he became a leader in almost all sciences | 14 | |
| 7404057735 | Plato | Student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle who believed in a perfect government that was led by philosophical elites. Developed the idea that would become the Roman Republic | 15 | |
| 7404057741 | Socrates | A Greek philosopher who focused on life and its wonders. He said honor was the most important thing to a person, and that goals are necessary for one to live | 16 | |
| 7404057743 | Minoan | A sophisticated society on Crete that was ruled by several city-states under a monarchy and were the center of Mediterranean trade. | 17 | |
| 7404057747 | Athens | The city-state that developed philosophy and created the classical arts | 18 | |
| 7404057748 | Athens | A very powerful and sophisticated polis on the Attica of Greece that was the first to practice democracy had the largest navy and was the leader of the Delian League. | 19 | |
| 7404057752 | Linear A | The form of writing developed by the Minoans. Its symbols represented syllables | 20 | |
| 7404057753 | Linear B | A variation of Linear A that the Mycenaean developed. It would later become the Greek alphabet | 21 | |
| 7404057754 | Mycenaean | A society that would later develop into Classical Greece | 22 | |
| 7404057758 | polis | The Greek term for a city-state. This served as the main political institution in Classical Greece | 23 |
