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| 10466581684 | Herodotus | the ancient Greek known as the father of history | 0 | |
| 10466755089 | The histories | ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey | 1 | |
| 10466760937 | lliad | an ancient Greek epic poem in dactylic hexameter, traditionally attributed to Homer. Set during the Trojan War | 2 | |
| 10466765868 | Odyssey | a Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy | 3 | |
| 10466767017 | Plato | ancient Athenian philosopher; pupil of Socrates; teacher of Aristotle (428-347 BC) | 4 | |
| 10466768452 | The republic | a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch | 5 | |
| 10466769754 | Aristole | one of the greatest of the ancient Athenian philosophers; pupil of Plato; teacher of Alexander the Great (384-322 BC) | 6 | |
| 10466771328 | poetics | study of poetic works | 7 | |
| 10466772945 | avestas | the sacred writings of Zoroastrianism, compiled in the 4th century AD. | 8 | |
| 10466775333 | Aristophanes | an ancient Greek dramatist remembered for his comedies (448-380 BC) | 9 | |
| 10466776680 | aeschylus | Greek tragedian; the father of Greek tragic drama (525-456 BC) | 10 | |
| 10466778040 | The Trojan Women | a tragedy by the Greek playwright Euripides. | 11 | |
| 10466782910 | Euripodes | one of the greatest tragic dramatists of ancient Greece (480-406 BC) | 12 | |
| 10466784064 | Sopocles | one of the great tragedians of ancient Greece (496-406 BC) | 13 | |
| 10466785815 | Histories | the study of past events, particularly in human affairs. | 14 | |
| 10466787322 | Parthenon | the main temple of the goddess Athena; built on the acropolis in Athens more than 400 years B.C.; example of Doric architecture | 15 | |
| 10466788068 | persepolis | an ancient city that was the capital of the ancient Persian Empire; now in ruins | 16 | |
| 10466788979 | Knossos palace | an ancient town on Crete where Bronze Age culture flourished from about 2000 BC to 1400 BC | 17 | |
| 10466790843 | Socrates | ancient Athenian philosopher; teacher of Plato and Xenophon (470-399 BC) | 18 | |
| 10466791720 | Socratic method | a method of teaching by question and answer; used by Socrates to elicit truths from his students | 19 | |
| 10466793472 | Academy | a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge | 20 | |
| 10466795063 | Golden mean | the proportional relation between two divisions of line or two dimension of a plane figure such that short : long :: long : (short + long) | 21 | |
| 10466796538 | Logic | the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference | 22 | |
| 10466797736 | Empiricism | (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience | 23 | |
| 10466799385 | Synecretic | relating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce its use of inflections | 24 | |
| 10466800925 | Zoroastrianism | system of religion founded in Persia in the 6th century BC by Zoroaster; set forth in the Zend-Avesta; based on concept of struggle between light (good) and dark (evil) | 25 | |
| 10466802418 | Zarathustra | Persian prophet who founded Zoroastrianism (circa 628-551 BC) | 26 | |
| 10466806912 | qanat | (in the Middle East) a gently sloping underground channel or tunnel constructed to lead water from the interior of a hill to a village below. | 27 | |
| 10466812684 | Cyrus the great | king of Persia and founder of the Persian Empire (circa 600-529 BC) | 28 | |
| 10466815238 | Delian League | as an alliance of Greek city-states led by Athens and formed in 478 BCE to liberate eastern Greek cities from Persian rule | 29 | |
| 10466817378 | Xerxes | king of Persia who led a vast army against Greece and won the battle of Thermopylae but was eventually defeated (519-465 BC) | 30 | |
| 10466822740 | Peloponnesian league | was an alliance in the Peloponnesus from the 6th to the 4th centuries BC, dominated by Sparta | 31 | |
| 10466823589 | Philip 11 | king of ancient Macedonia and father of Alexander the Great (382-336 BC) | 32 | |
| 10466825282 | Alexander the great | king of Macedon; conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia; founder of Alexandria (356-323 BC) | 33 | |
| 10466826317 | Solon | a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs | 34 | |
| 10466827439 | Pericles | Athenian statesman whose leadership contributed to Athens' political and cultural supremacy in Greece; he ordered the construction of the Parthenon (died in 429 BC) | 35 | |
| 10466830336 | Ptolemies | was a Macedonian Greek royal family, which ruled the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt during the Hellenistic period. | 36 | |
| 10466834323 | poleis(polis) | polis, plural poleis, literally means city in Greek. It can also mean a body of citizens. In modern historiography, polis is normally used to indicate the ancient Greek city-states | 37 | |
| 10466836509 | monarchies | an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority | 38 | |
| 10466838515 | Aristocracy | a privileged class holding hereditary titles | 39 | |
| 10466843439 | Oligarchy | a political system governed by a few people | 40 | |
| 10466844676 | Tyrants | a cruel and oppressive dictator | 41 | |
| 10466845594 | Democracy | the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives | 42 | |
| 10466846983 | direct democracy | form of democracy in which people decide on policy initiatives directly | 43 | |
| 10466852328 | representative democracy | type of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy | 44 | |
| 10467486498 | crete | the largest Greek island in the Mediterranean; site of the Minoan civilization that reached its peak in 1600 BC | 45 | |
| 10467488715 | knossos | an ancient town on Crete where Bronze Age culture flourished from about 2000 BC to 1400 BC | 46 | |
| 10467490027 | Minoan civilization | the bronze-age culture of Crete that flourished 3000-1100 BC | 47 | |
| 10467493214 | Mycenae | an ancient city is southern Greece; center of the Mycenaean civilization during the late Bronze Age | 48 | |
| 10467495418 | Syracuse | a city in southeastern Sicily that was founded by Corinthians in the 8th century BC | 49 | |
| 10467496960 | Agrigentum | a town in Italy in southwestern Sicily near the coast; the site of six Greek temples | 50 | |
| 10467499200 | Persian wars | were a series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire and Greek city-states that started in 499 BC and lasted until 449 BC | 51 | |
| 10467501446 | Marathon | a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians | 52 | |
| 10467503676 | Battle of thermopylae | a famous battle in 480 BC; a Greek army under Leonidas was annihilated by the Persians who were trying to conquer Greece | 53 | |
| 10467505913 | Battle of salamis | was a naval battle fought between an alliance of Greek city-states under Themistocles and the Persian Empire under King Xerxes in 480 BC which resulted in a decisive victory for the outnumbered Greeks | 54 | |
| 10467508673 | Persians | of or relating to Iran or its people or language or culture | 55 | |
| 10467510841 | Achaeminid empire | also called the First Persian Empire, was an empire based in Western Asia, founded by Cyrus the Great | 56 | |
| 10467515020 | seleucids | was a Hellenistic state ruled by the Seleucid dynasty, which existed from 312 BC to 63 BC | 57 | |
| 10467520650 | parthians | pertaining to Parthia or its people or language or culture | 58 | |
| 10467524532 | sassanids | also known as the Sassanian, Sasanid, Sassanid or Neo-Persian Empire, was the last kingdom of the Persian Empire before the rise of Islam | 59 | |
| 10467526171 | Athens | the capital and largest city of Greece; named after Athena (its patron goddess) | 60 | |
| 10467527072 | Sparta | an ancient Greek city famous for military prowess; the dominant city of the Peloponnesus prior to the 4th century BC | 61 | |
| 10467528902 | Alexandria | the chief port of Egypt; located on the western edge of the Nile delta on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Alexander the Great; the capital of ancient Egypt | 62 | |
| 10467530431 | Hellenistic period | relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek civilization | 63 | |
| 10467531117 | Hoplites | a heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece. | 64 | |
| 10467537013 | archons | each of the nine chief magistrates in ancient Athens. | 65 | |
| 10467538453 | helots | (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord | 66 | |
| 10467540011 | satraps | a governor of a province in ancient Persia | 67 | |
| 10467541371 | aristocrats | a member of the aristocracy | 68 | |
| 10467542619 | merchants | a businessperson engaged in retail trade | 69 | |
| 10467543528 | spartan women | Spartan women were famous in ancient Greece for having more freedom than elsewhere in the Greek world | 70 | |
| 10467544699 | carvanserai | an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans | 71 | |
| 10467547527 | common currency | A currency union is when two or more groups (usually countries) share a common currency or decide to peg their exchange rates to keep the value of their currency at a certain level. | 72 | |
| 10467550071 | royal road | an auspicious way or means to achieve something | 73 |