Greece Practice

Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, and inventor known for his contributions to geometry

• Archimedes
• Aristotle
• Plato
• Aristarchus

Ancient Greek astronomer who proposed a heliocentric model of the universe (Sun at center)

• Aristarchus
• Alexander the Great
• Cyrus the Great
• Pythagoras

Greek philosopher and polymath (someone who has learned a lot about many different subjects) who studied under Plato and tutored Alexander the Great

• Aristotle
• Plato
• Pericles
• Darius II

Important battle between the Greeks and Persians in 490 BCE, where the Greeks achieved victory and a runner ran 26 miles to Athens, yelled "Nike!" and fell dead.

• Battle of Marathon
• Punic War
• Battle of the Bands
• Trojan War

Naval battle in 480 BCE where the Greeks defeated the Persians, halting their advance

• Battle of Salamis
• Trojan War
• Punic War
• Battle of Waterloo

Famous battle in 480 BCE where a small Greek force led by King Leonidas fought against the Persians

• Battle of Thermopylae
• Trojan War
• Punic War
• Leonidas's Smackdown

Founder of the Achaemenid Empire and known for his military campaigns and humane governance

• Cyrus the Great
• Euclid
• Aristarchus
• Eratosthenes

Persian king who reigned during the Greco-Persian Wars

• Darius II
• Plato
• Socrates
• Julius Cesar

Period in Greek history marked by decline in population and cultural stagnation

• Dark Ages
• Golden Age
• Middle Ages
• Hellenistic period

Ancient Greek tribe that migrated into the Peloponnese region and contributed to the Mycenaean collapse

• Dorians
• Persians
• Plato
• Romans