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Why would it be difficult to rule Alexander's empire? |
It is too large to control all at once and news travels over 24 years from one place to another and that's too long |
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What geographic features did Greece have? How did they help/ make things difficult for them? |
Mountains- land barriers protect from invaders Hard to travel/communicate with others Islands- Greece cannot unify politically so they develop city states. Sea- cultural diffusion, easy for food and trade |
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Had a democracy |
Athens |
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Only free men could vote |
Athens |
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Had an education sysytem |
Athens |
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Traded with the world and welcomed foreigners |
Athens |
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Had a navy, because they were on the water |
Athens |
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Military state focused on war, not education |
Sparta |
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Inland, used and army in battle. |
Sparta |
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Left weak babies to die (survival of the fittest) |
Sparta |
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Slavery |
Athens and Sparta |
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Oligarchy |
Sparta had this. It was a type of government where and elite group of two or three kings ruled. |
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Polis |
The Greek term for a city state |
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Women had low status |
Athens and Sparta |
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Athens and Sparta |
Fought with each other |
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Golden age |
Best time of that civilization. You need money peace and achievements |
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Alexander the Great inherited |
Greece and Macedonia |
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Alexander the great |
Never lost a battle |
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He wanted to conquer China but his men wanted to go home. |
Alexander the Great |
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Hellenism |
The mix and spread of Greek culture with the areas that Alexander co where's (Greece, Egypt, Mesopotamia, and India. (Cultural diffusion" |
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Greek art was |
Naked, because they thought the glam body was beautiful |
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Greek art was |
Naked, because they thought the glam body was beautiful |
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People who think big ideas/deep thoughts) |
Philosophy |
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Greek art was |
Naked, because they thought the glam body was beautiful |
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People who think big ideas/deep thoughts) |
Philosophy |
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Who are two famous Greek philosophers |
Socrates and Aristotle |
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Greek art was |
Naked, because they thought the glam body was beautiful |
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People who think big ideas/deep thoughts) |
Philosophy |
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Who are two famous Greek philosophers |
Socrates and Aristotle |
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Why was Alexander the Great so Great? |
He was undefeated in battles and he caused a lot of cultural diffusion between the different lands |
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How did Alexander the Great Crete his empire? |
By using war fare to conquer each land |
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How did Alexander the Great Crete his empire? |
By fighting each city state in combat |
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Hellenism |
The spread of Greek cultures |
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3 reasons why his empire fell was because |
He said to leave it to the strongest man It was too big Some of the cultures didn't get along |
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Golden age of Greece included |
architecture- Parthenon Olympics Art-sculptures and statuses Mathematics- Pythagorean theorem Government- democracy/ oligarchy Theater- done to honor the gods |
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In Greece women were treated |
Poorly |
