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| 1052889536 | Cyrus the Great | king of Persia and founder of the Persian empire | 1 | |
| 1052889537 | Persian Empire | an empire in southern Asia created by Cyrus the Great and destroyed by Alexander the Great | 2 | |
| 1052889538 | Royal Road | A road for the government use built by the ancient Persian ruler Darius which helped unite the empire | 3 | |
| 1052889539 | Bureaucracy | A large, complex organization composed of appointed officials | 4 | |
| 1052889540 | Zoroastrianism | Persian religion founded by Zoroaster; taught that humans had the freedom to choose between right and wrong, and that goodness would triumph in the end | 5 | |
| 1052889541 | Zoroaster | Persian prophet who founded Zoroastrianism (circa 628-551 BC) | 6 | |
| 1052889542 | Alexander the Great | king of Macedonia, conqueror of Greek city-states and of the Persian empire from Asia Minor and Egypt to India. | 7 | |
| 1052889543 | Xerxes | King of Persia; his armies invaded Greece but were eventually defeated by the Greeks. | 8 | |
| 1052889544 | City-State (polis) | a city with its own government and laws | 9 | |
| 1052889545 | Arable | capable of being farmed productively | 10 | |
| 1052889546 | Hellenistic | A cultural blend of Greek, Persian, Indian, and Egyptian. | 11 | |
| 1052889547 | Hellenic | Greek culture | 12 | |
| 1052889548 | Democracy | A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | 13 | |
| 1052889549 | Oligarchy | A government ruled by a few powerful people | 14 | |
| 1052889550 | Monarchy | A government ruled by a king or queen | 15 | |
| 1052889551 | Tyranny | A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator | 16 | |
| 1052889552 | Acropolis | A fortified hilltop in an ancient Greek city | 17 | |
| 1052889553 | Parthenon | A large temple dedicated to the goddess Athena on the Acropolis in Athens, Greece | 18 | |
| 1052889554 | Athens | A democratic Greek city-state who accomplished many cultural achievements, and who were constantly at war with Sparta. | 19 | |
| 1052889555 | Sparta | Greek city-state that was ruled by an oligarchy, focused on military, used slaves for agriculture, discouraged the arts | 20 | |
| 1052889556 | Persian War | wars between the Persian empire and Greek city-states | 21 | |
| 1052889557 | Peloponnesian War | The war between Athens and Sparta that in which Sparta won | 22 | |
| 1052889558 | Aristotle | A Greek Philosopher, taught Alexander the Great, started a famous school, studied with Plato | 23 | |
| 1052889559 | Socrates | An Athenian philosopher who thought that human beings could lead honest lives and that honor was far more important than wealth, fame, or other superficial attributes. | 24 | |
| 1052889560 | Plato | Greek philosopher and teacher that was a student of Socrates | 25 | |
| 1052889561 | Draco | Characterized by very strict laws, rules, and punishments | 26 | |
| 1052889562 | Solon | Greek aristocrat who strengthened the economy through reforms | 27 | |
| 1052889563 | Battle of Marathon | a battle in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians | 28 | |
| 1052889564 | Battle of Salamis | The battle that effectively ended the Persian war. The Greeks defeated the Persian fleet. | 29 | |
| 1052889565 | Delian league | An alliance headed by Athens that says that all Greek city-states will come together and help fight the Persians | 30 | |
| 1052889566 | Peloponnesian league | League created and led by Sparta that consisted of Spartan and their allies | 31 | |
| 1052889567 | Pericles | Athenian statesman whose leadership contributed to Athen's political and cultural supremacy in Greece | 32 | |
| 1052889568 | Golden age of Pericles | a time of achievements in the arts, science, and philosophy in Athens during the reign of Pericles | 33 | |
| 1052889569 | Herodotus | (Father of History) stressed importance of research | 34 | |
| 1052889570 | Aeschylus | Greek tragedian | 35 | |
| 1052889571 | Sophocles | Greek writer of tragedy Oedipus Rex | 36 | |
| 1052889572 | Thucydides | Greek historian who wrote a critical history of the Peloponnesian War | 37 | |
| 1052889573 | Homer | A Greek poet who was the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey | 38 | |
| 1052889574 | Iliad and Odyssey | Greek epic poems written by Homer | 39 | |
| 1052889575 | Ionic | one of three orders of classical Greek architecture | 40 | |
| 1052889576 | Doric | oldest and simplest of the three orders of classical Greek architecture | 41 | |
| 1052889577 | Corinthian | A style of Hellenistic architecture. The most ornate (fancy) of the three styles. | 42 | |
| 1052889578 | Archimedes | Greek mathematician and inventor. He wrote works on plane and solid geometry, arithmetic, and mechanics. He is best known for the lever and pulley. | 43 | |
| 1052889579 | Hippocrates | "Father of Medicine" | 44 | |
| 1052889580 | Euclid | Greek Mathematician (Father of Geometry) | 45 | |
| 1052889581 | Pythagoras | Greek philosopher and mathematician who proved the Pythagorean theorem | 46 | |
| 1052889582 | Phillip II | The father of Alexander the Great and the king of Macedonia. | 47 | |
| 1052889583 | Macedonia | An ancient kingdom north of Greece, whose ruler Philip II conquered Greece in 338 B.C. | 48 | |
| 1052889584 | Greek Mythology | the mythology of the ancient Greeks | 49 |
