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CHW3M – GREECE IN THE HEROIC AGE – UNIT 2 REVIEW
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Match the number for each description with a name below.
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A famous classical Greek female poet.
The “father of history”.
A decisive sea battle won by the Greeks over the Persians.
The Athenians defeated the Persians under this “Great King”.
An alphabet developed by the Myceneans from the Minoan language.
The great Persian king who unified the Empire with the Medes.
The son of King Darius who burned Athens.
The city at the centre of the civilization that developed Linear B script.
A Greek who reformed government in Athens to allow for magistrates to be elected based
upon wealth rather than birth.
The traditional author of the poem ‘The Illiad’.
A form of writing developed by the Minoans on the island of Crete.
The centre of Greek democratic reforms and culture.
The Persians were defeated here by Athenians.
The centre of Minoan civilization.
A noble Athenian who replaced four tribes with ten.
The Greek soldiers who could provide their own armour.
The discoverer of the archaeological site of Troy.
The serfs or indentured servants of the Spartans.
The man who coined the name “Minoan” for the ancient civilization on Crete.
Ruled as tyrant of Athens until 527 BC.
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_____ Evans
_____ Peisistratus
____ Linear B
_____ helots
_____ hoplites
_____ Schliemann
_____ Cleisthenes
_____ Xerxes
_____ Salamis
_____ Marathon
_____ Athens
_____ Sappho
_____ Herodotus
_____ Solon
_____ Mycenae
_____ Darius
_____ Knossos
_____ Homer
_____ Cyrus
_____ Linear A