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| 4786291472 | Cyrus the Great | Persian ruler who conquered most of the lands from the Aegean Sea to the borders of India | 0 | |
| 4786294459 | Delian League | An alliance that Athens formed with other city-states, so Athens could gain money | 1 | |
| 4786307497 | Cambyses | Son of Cyrus who conquered Egypt and parts of Southeast Europe and formed the Achaemenid Empire (Persian Empire) | 2 | |
| 4786320251 | Darius I | A ruler of Persia who helped fund major projects to help Persia like the Royal Road | 3 | |
| 4786326878 | Xerses | Ruler of Persia who led Persia to war against Greece | 4 | |
| 4786329552 | Peloponnesian League | A league formed between Sparta and its allies to attack Athens | 5 | |
| 4786332995 | Philip II | Macedonian leader who conquered Greece and Asia Minor | 6 | |
| 4786336271 | Alexander the Great | Macedonian leader who conquered from Greece to India and spread Greek culture | 7 | |
| 4786342342 | Solon | A wise ruler of Athens who helped free many enslaved for debt and limiting the amount of land any one man could own | 8 | |
| 4786353497 | Pericles | Athenian ruler who gained lots of money for Athens by forming the Delian League; lots of artwork and architecture was constructed during his rule | 9 | |
| 4786358818 | Ptolemies | The chief rulers in Egypt after Alexander died and Macedonia split apart | 10 | |
| 4786374695 | Poleis (Polis) | City-states | 11 | |
| 4786375886 | Monarchy | A government where a king rules the state | 12 | |
| 4786381865 | Aristocracy | A government where nobles rule | 13 | |
| 4786382838 | Oligarchy | A government where a few wealthy landowners and merchants ruled | 14 | |
| 4786387943 | Tyrants | Leaders who seized power with the people's support | 15 | |
| 4786392263 | Democracy | A government where all citizens participate | 16 | |
| 4786393480 | Direct Democracy | A government in which all citizens can vote directly on laws and other issues in a large assembly | 17 | |
| 4786397209 | Representative Democracy | A government where citizens elect leaders to represent them and give those leaders powers to make laws and govern | 18 | |
| 4786398835 | Crete | An island in the Aegean Sea where the Minoans lived | 19 | |
| 4786401254 | Knossos | A city on Crete that was the wealthiest city on the Aegean for a while | 20 | |
| 4786404191 | Minoan Civilization | A civilization on Crete that relied on trade and were very wealthy; their language has not yet been deciphered | 21 | |
| 4786411033 | Mycenae | On the mainland of Greece; contains many revealing artifacts about the Minoans | 22 | |
| 4786422811 | Syracuse and Agrigentum | Two of the largest Greek colonies that were located on the island of Sicily | 23 | |
| 4786438848 | Persian Wars | War between Persia and Greece after Persian tried to take over Greece | 24 | |
| 4786440133 | Marathon | City where an outnumbered Athenian army defeated the Persian forces | 25 | |
| 4786443960 | Battle of Thermopylae | Battle where the Persians defeated (slaughtered) a few hundred Spartans and their allies; this gave way to Athens becoming the dominant power | 26 | |
| 4786455844 | Battle of Salamis | Battle over sea where the Athenians beat the Persians which caused the Persians to flee | 27 | |
| 4786458578 | Persians | The people of the giant empire that were destroyed by the Greeks | 28 | |
| 4786471179 | Achaemenid Empire | Also called the First Persian Empire; united Mesopotamia, Egypt, and India | 29 | |
| 4786475775 | Selecuids | Rulers of Persia who encouraged Greeks and Macedonians to settle as colonists there but were taken over by the Romans | 30 | |
| 4786484807 | Parthians | Ruled over what is now Iraq, Iran, and land bordering India; prevented the Roman Empire from expanding past Syria; defeated by the Sassanids | 31 | |
| 4786492532 | Sassanids | Government promoted Zoroastrianism and persecuted Christians; large but not as large as the Parthian Empire | 32 | |
| 4786497712 | Athens | A Greek city-state who was known for its political and intellectual achievements; created democracy and became one of the two most powerful city-states | 33 | |
| 4786503727 | Sparta | One of the two most powerful city-states; known for its military society | 34 | |
| 4786505781 | Alexandria | City in Egypt founded by Alexander the Great which became a center of Hellenistic culture and a major seaport | 35 | |
| 4786510631 | Hellenistic Period | The period of Greek culture being spread | 36 | |
| 4786523105 | Caravenserai | Combinations of inns and markets for people traveling the Royal Road by camel caravan; instituted by Darius | 37 | |
| 4786528002 | Common Currency | A currency that was accepted across the entire Persian empire; this made trade simpler and helped unite the empire under Darius | 38 | |
| 4786532576 | Royal Road | A road in the Persian Empire that spanned across the empire to encourage trade under Darius | 39 | |
| 4786537886 | Herodotus | Author of "The Histories", and the first great Greek historian | 40 | |
| 4786541366 | "The Histories" | Written by Herodotus about the Persian Wars | 41 | |
| 4786544536 | Homer | The Greek poet who wrote the "Iliad" and "Odyssey" | 42 | |
| 4786549846 | The "Iliad" and "Odyssey" | Epic poems that Greeks believed as history but are now considered myths; written by Homer | 43 | |
| 4786552480 | Plato | Student of Socrates who taught students to question everything and wrote dialogues about philosophy; had a school called the Academy | 44 | |
| 4786555577 | "The Republic" | Dialogue by Plato describing an ideal society ruled by a government that rested upon a concept of justice and ethical values | 45 | |
| 4786558774 | Aristotle | One of Plato's students who became a famous Athenian philosopher; believed in the Golden Mean as well as empiricism and logic | 46 | |
| 4786565895 | "Poetics" | Work by Aristotle which set down definitions of tragedy and comedy in theater | 47 | |
| 4786571405 | "Avestas" | A collection of written texts based on Zarathustra's beliefs which helped spread Zoroastrianism | 48 | |
| 4786576082 | Aristophanes | The most prolific author of comedies in Greece | 49 | |
| 4786585564 | "The Trojan Women" | Tragedy by Euripides that describes how Athenians slaughtered people they captured in the Trojan War | 50 | |
| 4786589104 | Euripides and Sophocles | Famous Greek playwrights | 51 | |
| 4786590698 | Parthenon | A great temple in Athens that had been destroyed in war with Persia but was rebuilt | 52 | |
| 4786603506 | Peresopolis | The capital city of Persia that featured an impressive royal palace | 53 | |
| 4786608896 | Knossos Palace | A palace in Knossos that exemplified in frescoes, statuettes, jewelry, and even indoor plumbing | 54 | |
| 4786613220 | Socrates | Influential Greek philosopher who created the Socratic Method but was put to death by the Athenian government for questioning the state religion | 55 | |
| 4786618147 | Socratic Method | Socrates' belief on continually asking questions to systematically clarify another person's idea and to identify the core of them | 56 | |
| 4786621657 | Academy | Plato's school that taught philosophy | 57 | |
| 4786623117 | Golden Mean | Aristotle's belief on everything in moderation | 58 | |
| 4786625876 | Logic | the science of the formal principles of reasoning; Aristotle focused on it | 59 | |
| 4786629067 | Empiricism | Trusting what one learned from observation and evidence of the senses; Aristotle emphasized gaining knowledge through this | 60 | |
| 4786636294 | Syncretic | Combining ideas from different sources; occurred in religion | 61 | |
| 4786649976 | Zoroastrianism | Faith based on belief in one one god, Ahura Mazda. Religion also believed in heaven and hell and helped shape the development of Judaism and Christianity; religion started in Persia | 62 | |
| 4786658268 | Zarathustra | Persian prophet who began teaching Zoroastrianism | 63 | |
| 4786659849 | Hoplites | Infantry members who defended their land | 64 | |
| 4786679612 | Archons | Nine top officials of the democratic Athenian government | 65 | |
| 4786681448 | Helots | Slaves in Greece; did lots of farming in Sparta | 66 | |
| 4786683611 | Satraps | A ruler of a province who was responsible to the emperor, not to the local leaders; created by Darius | 67 | |
| 4786690703 | Aristocrats | Nobels | 68 | |
| 4786699745 | Merchants | People who sell and trade in societies | 69 | |
| 4786701460 | Spartan Women | Had more freedom than most Greek women; took over jobs while men were fighting | 70 | |
| 4786704151 | Qanat | Underground canals that were used to reduce evaporation of the water as it traveled to the fields in Persia | 71 |
