Terms
Mycenaean - period in Greek history which covers the Bronze Age
Phalanx - military formation used by the Greeks
Hoplite - a Greek warrior
Sparta - a superpower amongst Greek cities
Athens - a Greek superpower and commercial entrepot
Polis - Greek for 'city'
Delian League - commercial league and then empire formed by Athens
Pericles - ruler of Athens in the Golden Age
Peloponnesian Wars - destructive wars between Sparta and Athens
Philip of Macedonia - king who sought to extend his rule to all of Greece
Alexander the Great - son of Philip who attempted to conquer the Persian Empire
Hellenistic World - extended Greek world resulting from Alexander's conquest
Museum - largest library in the ancient world, located in Alexandria
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