Greek History and Politics

Bronze Age Civilizations and Archaic Greece

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  1. In 1900, which archaeologist began large-scale excavations at Knossos?
  2. According to which German archaeologist's later publication of his excavations at Mycenae, Veli Pasha had earlier discovered gold-covered bones in an excavated tomb?
  3. The famous Lion Gate was the monumental main entrance to the Bronze Age citadel of which ancient southern Greek city?
  4. On BBC Radio on 1 July 1952, Ventris described the language of Linear B as difficult and archaic what, five hundred years older than Homer?
  5. Which leader's reform of these injustices was celebrated among Athenians as the seisachtheia?
  6. For his democratic accomplishments, historians refer to Cleisthenes as the father of what political system?
  7. Which Athenian general devised the tactical strategy that defeated the Persians at Marathon in 490 BC?
  8. In 480 BC, the alliance of Greek city-states fighting the Persian Empire at Thermopylae was led by Sparta under which king?
  9. Although heavily outnumbered, the Greeks were persuaded by Athenian general who to bring the Persian fleet to battle again, in the hope that a victory would prevent naval operations against the Pelopo…
  10. What, the regent for his cousin Pleistarchus, was chosen to command the Spartan troops?
  11. Where was the treasury of the Delian League originally kept following its formation in 478 BC?
  12. What also fostered Athenian democracy to such an extent that critics called him a populist?
  13. The Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC) was fought between alliances led respectively by which two city-states?
  14. Scholars have argued that had the Athenian Sicilian Expedition been under the command of which general instead of Nicias, it might have avoided its disastrous fate?
  15. Installed into power by Sparta following the Peloponnesian War, which oligarchic regime was first called by Polycrates by the name "The Thirty Tyrants"?

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