Ancient Greece crossword puzzle essays #1-5

Most historians believe that Hellenic history began with the living on _____.
Who wrote the Odyssey?
After the Mycenaean civilization ended, there was an era known as the __________.
Homer lived in the:
A Greek City State is known as a _______.
The five main city states of Greece were Sparta, Athens,Argos,Megara, and _________.
By the early sixth century, what were the two leading city states? hint: put a dash between the two
Sparta needed a strong because they had enslaved the _______ and needed to control them.
In 490 BCE the ____________ was about to attack on Greece
When the battle finally took place it was called the Battle of __________.
Ten years later after that battle was fought the Persians invaded again, under the command of King _____.
When the Persians invaded again the Greeks were unprepared this time. They sent 300 Spartans to stall the horde at a narrow mountain pass called _______.
Later after the Spartans fought the Persians on Thermopylae, the Athenians fought a sea battle called the ___________.
During 480-430 BCE the Athens flourished with the leadership of _________.
_______ ships protected Athenian trading ships from pirates
A group of thinkers are called ________.(lovers of wisdom)
In 461 BCE the Athens and Sparta had their first __________ War.
Philip II and his son Alexander were two ________ warrior-kings.
Alexander had conquered on oft he largest empires ever and spread Greek civilization as far eat as the _____ River.
_________ died in the Hellenistic Era at age 33 in Babylon.