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Question	Answer
What's the practice of voting to exile an Athenian citizen for 10 years called?	Ostracise
Xerxes' most elite division of solders	Immortals
Archon argued for building of large fleet of trirmes	Thimistocles
Tallest hill in athens, home of the Parthenon and erechtahlon	Acropolis
City destroyed by Persians as consequence for Ionian Revolt	Miletus
Counsel named after the hill on which it met	Areopagus
Athenian assembly, opened to all free male citizens	Ekklesia
Daedalus'' son which plunged to his death in the Aegean Sea.	Icarus
Chief Administrator of Athenian Government	Archon
Zoroastrian god of light and truth, associated with Persian king	Ahuramazda
Greek historian, primary source of Persian wars	Herodotus
Athenian law giver, known for harsh laws	Draco
Wealthiest class of Athenian Citizens	Pentakossomedimnoi
Archon who created the Boule	Cleisthenes
How many members were in the Council of Boule	500
Modern country in which Persian empire began	Iran
Family of Megacles who were banished from Athens with him	Alcmaeonid
Founder of the Persian empire	Cyrus II
What year was the Persian Empire found around?	559 BC
Darius Is' secret police: ___ of Kings	Eyesandears
Unsuccessfully tried to seize power as tyrant and fled Athens	Cylon
What year did Cylon try to seize power?	632 BC
Battle of 480 BC at which Greeks in Sicily defeated Carthage	Himera
Region in which Athens is located	Attica
One of Ten commanders in charge of Athens military	Strategoi
Greek Tyrant who tried of conquer all of Sicily	Gelon
What century did Gelon try to conquer all of Sicily?	5th century BC
Pisastratus invented this Athenian coin that featured Athena on one side	Owl
Persians kings often portrayed doing this activity on coinage	Archery
Battle of 490BC unexpected victory of Athens over Persians	Marathon
Battle of 480BC major Greek victory mot of Persian fleet destroyed	Salamis
Provinces of the persian empire	Satrapies
Island from which daedalus attempted his winged escape	Crete
How many tribes were Athianians divided into?	10
10 tribes into which athenians were divided	Phyala
Primary exports of Athens	Oliveoil
Number of poleis who joined the Hellenic League to fight the Persia	Thirtyone
This polis joined Athens at the Battle of Marathon	Plataea
Spartan King who led at Thermopylae, depicated after battle by Persians	Leonidus
Athenian hero who unified their polis	Theusus
Wooden tablets used to display Solon's laws	Axones