Ryan Velarde

Period 4

9-26-05

Chapter 5 Reviewing Facts 1-9

1. The Iliad and the Odyssey are epic poems that written by Homer. They tell stories about what life was like in Greece and Rome.
2. Because there were so many mountains that divided up the peninsula, Greece had many little individual cities instead of one big empire together.
3. The Spartan males trained ever since they were little and their job was war and battle. The women’s job was to have a strong and healthy boy.
4. Noble landowners held power and chose the chief officials. The leader made reforms and economic changes to make the people of Athens happier and live a better life.
5. The Persians destroyed the rebel cities. When the Persians tried to attack the Athenians, the Persians retreated. Athens won the overall war and were now very powerful.
6. The war ended the greatness of Athens as Sparta captured and destroyed it.
7. The Socratic Method is questioning and reasoning of why the things around us happen.
8. He held land from Egypt to the Fertile Crescent to the borders of India.
9. Greeks, Egyptians, Persians, and Hebrews made up the Hellenistic civilization.