7.1 Section review and identify.

!. Black and Aegean Sea.
Ionian Sea.
Gulf of Corinth.

@. Aegeans, Minoans, and Mycenaens.
Between 2000 and 1100 B.C.
Greece.

#. The Minoans.
King Minos at Knossos.

%. The Dorians.
The Hellenes.

^. Homer.
An adventurer and his adventures and what not.

&. Zeus, Athena, Aphrodite, Ares, Hera.
They were the product of poetical genius//figments of imagination.

*. City.
Surrounded a hilltop fortress. Provided refuge from the enemy.

(. Athens, Eretria, and Sparta.

!). 490-479 B.C.

!!. The Greeks were able to hold off the Persians for three days before a Greek traitor showed Persian forces a way over the mountains. After learning about this, Leonidas, the spartan leader, ordered his troops to withdraw.

!@. It placed an absolute limit on the westward expansion of the Persian Empire and ensured that Freek culture would continue to thrive in the west.



Identify:

Hellespont-a city in greece
Attica-one of the prominent regions of ancient greece
Pelopnnesus- one of the prominent regions of ancient greece
Trojan War- c.1200 bc when myceneans destroyed the city of Troy
Odessyus-the brave greek warior in Homers Illiad and Oddessy
Mt. Olympus-were the god Zuesand other olympian gods supposedly lived
heroes-glorified human beings who possesed unusual abilities and tremendous bravery
Achilles- the invincible greek warrior in the Illiad
barbarian-greeks referred to people who werent greek as this...they thought of them as inferior
olympic games-held every 4th year @ olympia in honor of Zues
Olympiad-the years in between olympic games
Darius I-the new persian king
Xerxes I-Darius I son was determined to conquer greece
Leonidas-spartan leader of the 300
Themistocles-a brilliant athenian who tricked Xerxes into fighting a navail battle in a narrow strait
Plataea-479bc where greece was defeated






























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