Athenian statesman who persuaded Athens to build a navy and then led it to victory over the Persians (527-460 BC)
payment by one nation for protection by another
a place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece
king of Sparta and hero of the battle of Thermopylae where he was killed by the Persians (died in 480 BC)
3 True/False Question
City-state → area under one government
Xerxes → The great king of Persia. He was able to become a king after a year of a civil war following the death of someone. He is responsible for the expansion of Persia. He made a province in western India and expanded Persia as far north as Macedonia
Tyranny → a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)