Members of the assembly passed laws.

In Sparta the Council of Elders served as the Supreme Court.

Greece is located on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula.

Cash crops in ancient Greece would have been items like olives used for making oil and grapes used for making wine.

The Olympic Games were athletic events held every 4 years to honor Athena.

Zeus was the main Greek god.

The two most famous Greek city-states were Iliad and Odyssey.

The Iliad tells the story of the Trojan War.

The dark ages was a time of great education and prosperity in Athens.

After the battle of Marathon, a Athenian runner ran 26 miles to Athens to announce Persia's defeat.

An oligarchy is a system of government in which all citizens hold the power.

A hired soldier was called a mercenary.

Polis is another word for city-state.

The Peloponnesian War took place before the Persian Wars.

The Persian Empire conquered the Greek city-states of Ionia which triggered the Persian Wars.

Athens won the Peloponnesian War.

Sparta won the Peloponnesian War with financial help from Persia.

The Delian League was a formal anti-Persian alliance between Athens and most of the Greek city-states but did not include Sparta.

The Minoans were sea traders who lived on the island of Crete.

Cleisthenes was a ruler of Athens who created a code of laws with harsh punishments.

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