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51 Cards in this Set
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Philip II of Macedon |
Macedonian king that united Greece into a confederation. |
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Sarissa |
14-20 ft spear |
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Hypastisis |
Elite macedonian infantry |
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Peltasts |
light infantry (speed troops) |
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Hetairoi |
"companion calvary" macedonian elite calvary |
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Podromi |
" Light Calvary " macedonian elite calvary |
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Makharia |
Sword used in calvary |
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Xyston |
spear utilized by calvary |
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Third Sacred War |
War between Thebes and Phocis that philip used to gain power in Greece. |
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Pherae |
an important city in Thessaly that was ruled by tyrants Jason and Alexander. |
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Battle of Chaeronea |
decisive victory for the Macedonian over Thebes and Athens. |
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League of Corinth |
confederation of Greek states led by Philip. |
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Hegemon |
leader |
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Arrian |
Alexander's personal historian |
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Alexander the Great |
Macedonian leader that conquered the Persian Empire and built an empire from Africa to India. |
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Darius II |
Last emperor of the Persian Empire |
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Battle of Issus |
Alexander's first battle against Darius II |
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Siege of Tyre |
Battle in which Alexander used his engineers to build a bridge and break the walls of Tyre. |
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Alexandria |
city found by Alexander in Africa |
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Battle of Gaugamela |
Alexander's tactical masterpiece that serves as a decisive victory over the Persian Empire |
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Battle of the Persian Gate |
The last stand of the Persian Empire |
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Battle of Granicus River |
Alexander's first major battle in Persia
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Bucephatus |
Alexander's horse |
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Diadochi |
the rivals who fought over the control of Alexander's Empire |
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The Antigonid Kingdom |
Hellenistic kingdom in Macedonia |
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The Attalid Dynasty/Kingdom |
ruling family that controlled the kingdom of Pergamum |
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The Seleucid Kingdom |
largest of the Hellenistic kingdoms |
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The Ptolemaic Kingdom |
longest lasting Hellenistic kingdom located in Egypt |
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Chandragupta Maurya |
founder of the Mauryan Empire |
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Asoka |
buddhist Mauryan Emperor |
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Kingdom of Pergamum |
splinter kingdom from the Seleucids ruled by Attalids; broke away from one of the Diadochi's rule |
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Battle of Pydna |
Decisive Roman Victory over the Macedonian Phalanxes |
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Pompey the Great |
Roman general that erased the Seleucid kingdom |
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Cleopatra |
Hellenistic queen of Egypt and last Pylomiac ruler |
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Battle of Hydaspes River |
Alexander's victory in India over king Porus |
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Battle of Actium |
Decisive victory of Marc Antony's forces over Octavian's forces. |
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Theocritus |
Hellenistic Poet |
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Menander |
Playwright that developed New Comedy |
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Polybius |
Hellenistic Historian |
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Septuagint |
LXX (70); Greek translation of the Old Testament |
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Aristarchus of Samos |
Developer of the heliocentric view of the solar system |
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Eratosthenes |
Hellenistic scientist that determined the circumference of the Earth and the distance from the Earth to the sun |
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Euclid |
Geometrician that wrote the elements |
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Archimedes |
one of the greatest mathematicians and scientist of the ancient world, always #1 |
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Herophilus |
Hellenistic scientist that was the first anatomist |
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Erasistratus |
Hellenistic scientist that studied the heart and the brain. |
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Epicurus |
Hellenistic philosopher that developed Epicureanism |
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Epicureanism
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Philosophy that taught that life was about enjoying pleasure and avoiding pain |
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Zeno |
Hellenistic philosopher that developed stoicism |
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Stoicism
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Philosophy that taught that life was about practicing virtue in preparation for life logos |
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Logos |
universal world mind of logos. |
