City-State
Polis
Central Market/meeting place
Agora
Each citizen votes directly on all laws. (The first democracy invented by the Athenians).
Direct democracy
Representative Democracy Citizens vote for representatives who then vote on the laws.
Representative Democracy
A series of battles fought between the Greek City States and the Persian empire starting in 499 B.C. ending around 448 B.C.
Persian War
Born in Athens: He was a scholar, teacher and a philosopher who encouraged questioning of traditional values, art, gov., etc.
Socrates
Socrates’ student
plato
was a war fought in ancient Greece between Athens and Sparta
The Peloponnesian War
Emperor who had one of the largest empires in the ancient world; known for spreading Greek culture across continents
Alexander the Great