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Ancient Greece: Alexander and the Hellenistic Era
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Macedon
Little-known kingdom
north of Greece
Lack of great culture
Ruthless Kings
No city-states
King Philip II
Invades Greece
King at age 20
Tutored by Aristotle
Learn the art
of war at a
young age
Said to be descendant
of Gods
and Goddesses
Ultimate goal
Expansion of Empire
Alexander's Legacy
What is Hellenism?
Hellenism is the spread of Greek culture across foreign land. Due to Alexander's empire, Greek culture fused with Persian culture. Creating a rich culture of sculpture, mathematics, astronomy, and geography
Colossus of Rhodes
Hellenistic Astronomy seeks a
rational, physical explanation for
celestial phenomena
Alexander the Great
Does not occupy. Allies city-states
into the League of Corinth
Trained a great army
Geographic features
divide city-states
Defeats Athens and Thebes
Peace & Unity
in Greece
Polis vs. Polis
Need to defeat
the Persians
Alexander III
Fall of Persia
Egypt
Battle of Issus
Persian Treasure
Babylon, Susa, Persepolis
Alexandria is center of
Hellenistic civilizations
Hellenism emerged from
fusion of Greek and Persian
culutre
Astronomy & Geography
Ended Greek city-states
Hellenism
Mathematics & Physics
Made it to India
Died at age 32
Sculpture
Moved into Central Asia
"It is a lovely thing to live
with courage, and to die,
leaving behind an
everlasting renown."
Fought for
7 Years
11,000 miles
of Conquest
Aristarchus
Archimedes developed
the value of PI
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