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  • Considered the Father of Modern Medicine
    Hippocrates
  • A road for the government use built by the ancient Persian ruler Darius which helped unite the empire
    Royal Road
  • Solon
    A tyrant who worked for reform in Athens by canceling debts for the poor and ended debt slavery.
  • Goddess of agriculture.
    Demeter
  • A major empire that expanded from the Indus River in the East to Egypt in the West
    Persian Empire
  • Polis
    A city-state in ancient Greece.
  • Products of China
    paper, porcelain, silk, and civil service system
  • Battle where the Persians who invaded Greece were defeated at this land battle by an Athenian army.
    Battle of Marathon
  • Father of geometry
    Euclid
  • What is labeled J on the map?
    Troy
  • This navel battle was a major turning point in the Greco-Persian Wars, as it signaled the beginning of the end of Persian attempts to conquer Greece.
    Battle of Salamis
  • God of the light and music, and son of Zeus
    Apollo
  • God of war, and son of Zeus
    ares
  • Founder of Buddhism
    Siddhartha Gautama
  • What is labeled C on the map?
    Mediterranean Sea
  • Led the Exodus of the Hebrews from Egypt; received the 10 commandments
    Moses
  • Leading Greek city-state of the Peloponnesian League.
    Sparta
  • Known for being tolerant towards people he conquered
    Cyrus the Great
  • What is labeled 3 on the map?
    Asia Minor
  • Ruler of the Mauryan Empire in India he converted to and is credited with spreading Buddhism throughout southeast Asia.
    Asoka
  • First emperor of China and responsible for construction of The Great Wall
    Qin Shi Huangdi
  • Explained the natural world to the Greeks, including human nature
    Mythology
  • What is labeled E on the map?
    Aegean Sea
  • King of Persia who expanded the empire and invaded Greece but was defeated at the Battle of Marathon
    Darius the Great
  • Greece had _____________ terrain which hindered the development of city-states.
    Mountains
  • What civilization is located North of H on the map?
    Macedonia
  • The supreme god of the Olympians, and God of the sky.
    Zeus
  • What is labeled D on the map?
    Athens
  • Brother of Zeus and God of the sea
    Poseidon
  • What kind of government did Sparta have?
    Oligarchy
  • Founder of Judaism
    Abraham
  • Wife of Zeus, goddess of marriage, and Queen of the Olympians.
    Hera
  • A series of wars between the Greeks (mainly Athens) and the Persians in which the Greeks were usually victorious.
    Persian Wars
  • God of the dead and ruler of the Underworld and brother of Zeus
    Hades
  • The stages in evolution of the Athenian government.
    Monarch-->Aristocracy-->Tyranny--> Direct Democracy
  • Goddess of love, beauty and fertility and daughter of Zeus
    Aphrodite
  • What is labeled F on the map?
    Sparta
  • Division of the Persian Empire into organized provinces to make it easier to control
    Imperial Bureaucracy
  • Goddess of the hunt
    Artemis
  • What is labeled 1 on the map?
    Dardanelles
  • What is labeled H on the map?
    Balkan Peninsula
  • What is labeled B on the map?
    Peloponnesus Peninsula
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