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cavalry |
soldiers who fight while riding on horses |
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Hellenistic Era |
time period after Alexander the great died when Greek culture spread to all the lands in the empire |
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who was the person who warned the Greeks about Philips army? |
demosthenes |
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how was Philip able to gain control most of Greece? |
His army crushed the Greeks in the battle of Chaeronea |
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How did Alexander fulfill his fathers dream? |
He conquered the Persian Empire. |
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what did philip do to control the city-states? |
He bribed them, defeated them in battles, and other city-states joined him by their own choice. |
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how was alexanders army able to defeat the Persian army in the battle of Granicus? |
his cavalry crushed them in battle |
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Why do you think Alexander and his army were so successful in their battles against the Persians? |
They were successful because Philip (Alexanders father) trained the army like the Greeks (hard core) |
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What kind of hardships did Alexander and his soldiers experienced when they crossed the desert? |
They had very little water and the heat and thirst killed thousands of soldiers |
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why was the battle of Guagamela so important to Alexander? |
It was so important because they could take over the rest of the Persian Empire |
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what was one of the most important cities in the ancient world? |
alexandria |
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why did alexander lead his soldiers home after they went to northwestern India? |
he lead them home because the soldiers grew tired of war |
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why did Alexander die at such an early age?(32) |
He died because of journeys and battles wrecked his health. |
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hi this is a time where you should take a break |
for a few minutes! you've worked hard!!!!:) |
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Give two reason why Alexander was called "Alexander the Great" |
1: he was the most powerful ruler. 2: he spread Greek culture |
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What happened to alexanders empire after he had died? |
It had separated into 4 groups: Macedonians, Pergamum, seleucid empire, and Egypt. |
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what does "hellenistic" mean? |
It means "like the greeks" |
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epicureanism |
philosophy of epicurus; which says that the purpose of life is to find happiness and peace |
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Stoicism |
philosophy of stoics; says that people should use reason and not emotion |
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circumference |
measurement of border of circle |
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plane geometry |
branch of mathematics that show relationships of points, lines, angles, and surfaces that are flat or level. |
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solid geometry |
branch of mathematics that show relationships between points, lines, angles, surfaces, and solids in three dimensional space ( 3D or like a cube) |
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how did the hellenistic kings spread greek culture? |
They built new cities, rebuilt old ones,brought in greek architects to design things in greek style, and hired greek sculptors. |
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how did greek sculptor and drama change during the Hellenistic era? |
They hired greek sculptors with new style and invented a new kind of comedy about love and relationships with ordinary people. |
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who were the most important hellenistic philosophers? |
Epicurus and Zeno |
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who developed "epicureanism"? |
Epicurus |
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what is stoicism |
a philosophy that taught using reason and logic and no emotion. |
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what did Zeno develop? |
Stoicism |
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aristarchus made a model of what scientific fact? |
the sun was the center of the universe and the earth circled around it. |
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who was in charge of alexandrias library? |
Eratosthenes, he was a scientist |
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what discoveries did eratosthenes make? |
the circumference of earth and that the earth was round |
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who was euclid? and what did he write? |
He was a mathematician who wrote ELEMENTS |
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why do you think the effects of Hellenistic Era were so long-lasting? |
they were so long lasting because they built new cities and sculptors and created realistic drama |
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how were epicureanism and stoicism similar, how are the different? |
similar: no worries Different: Epicureanism was about happiness, stoicism has no emotion |
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how did Greek ciy states react to romes growing power? |
the greeks tried to stop Rome from conquering all of Italy but they couldn't stop them. |
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who was the most famous scientist in the Hellenistic Era? |
Archimedes |
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What was Archimedes discovery? |
Pi-- measurement of space a circle covers. |
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what did archimedes invent? |
The catapult |
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who was Hypatia? What did she study? |
Hypatia was a mathematician and studied philosophy and mathematics. |
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