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27 Cards in this Set
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Who was Alexander's dad?
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Philip II of Macedon
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What reforms did Philip II initiate?
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Full time army, different phalanx, longer spears
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Where is the city of Alexandria?
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Near delta of nile
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How far does Alexander get?
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India?
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Why does Alexander turn around?
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Army wants to
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What happens after Alexander's death? Who rules after him? What did he say on his death bed?
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Empire is broken up into many smaller nations
Generals rule the new countries "the strongest" |
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What is the hellenistic Period?
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After alexander's death, his legacy lives on in the greek culture now spread around the world
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What happens in Greece after Alexander's death?
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Democracy disapeers
Ruled for next 2000 years Alexandria becomes center city-learning |
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What contributions did the people of Alexandria give to the world?
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Museum/library-burned
geometry-euclid's elements Heliocentric calculated circumfrence' Archimedes bathtub... Hipocratic oath |
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How many humors does hippocrates think there are?
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4, blood, phlegm, black bile, yellow bile
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How does carthage start?
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Phoenecians are wiped out, colonies live on as carthage
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How did rome starrt off?
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Seperate villages, farmers
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What made PLebians poor?
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army kept them from farming-forced to borrow from patricians-then plebians demand power
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What is the consul?
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2 of them, 1 year term, control 1 army
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What is the proconsul
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Governor of province
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What is the praetor?
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handled legal matters 1 year
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What is the quaestor?
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handle financial matters
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How many tribunes are there?
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10
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How long does a dictator serve? How are they put into place?
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6 months, population
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How many senators are there?
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300
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Who was the punic war with?
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Carthage
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What makes people more dependant on gov?
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spoils of war go to rich, rich get massive estates, many become impoverished, dont have jobs, need food
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What are the two main political parties?
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Optimate, populars
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What do the gracchus brotehrs want?
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land reforms
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Marius
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Elected consul-rewards soldiers and gains power, elected 6 times
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Who is sulla?
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optimate, chosen to fight war in asia minor
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what happeneed between marius and sulla
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Marius attacked rome, became leader
Sulla attacked rome, become leader sulla makes senate more powerful |
