Chapter 4 Review

Important Dates

1600 – 1100 BC: Mycenaean civilization

1200s BC- The Trojan War and Destruction of Troy

1150 – 750 BC: Dark Ages

776 BC: First Olympic Games

750 – 700 BC: Homer writes the Iliad and the Odyssey

621 BC: Draco’s law were written

508 BC: Isagoras was in charge and the citizens over threw,

490 BC: Battle of Marathon, first invasion of Greece

480 BC: Persians destroyed Athens and the Battle of Salamis where Athens won the battle 

461 – 429 BC: the age of Pericles

447 – 438 BC: time it took to build the Parthenon in Athens

431 – 404 BC: Peloponnnian war

399 BC: Socrates is executed for his opposition to the Thirty Tyrants

Governments 

Monarchy: A sovereign head of state, esp. a king, queen, or emperor

Democracy:  A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives            

Oligarchy: A small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution                     

Aristocracy: The highest class in certain societies, esp. those holding hereditary titles or offices