Alexander the Great

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Alexander the Great
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TermsAlexander the Great

• Macedonia/Macedon
• Philip II (r. 359 336 BC)
• Olympias
• Cult of Dionysus
• Alexander III (r. 336 323 BC)
• Darius III of Persia
• Satraps
• Hellenization
• Alexandria
• The War of the Successors
• Ptolemaic (Ptolemy)
• Seleucid (Seleucus)
• Antigonid (Antigonus)

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Macedon
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Philip II
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Philip II

• Conquered Greece. How?
• Strengthened military
• Built up treasury
• United Macedon

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Olympias
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Cult of Dionysus
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Cult of Dionysus
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Alexander
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Alexander and Aristotle
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Macedonian Phalanx

• 18 foot long sarissa, a wooden pike with metal
  tiphid maneuvers in the back

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Macedonian Phalanx
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Alexander Frees the Greeks
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Darius III
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Battle of Issus (333 BC)
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Alexandria, Egypt
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Library at Alexandria
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Reproduction of Library Entry Hall
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Temple Oracle at Ammon
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Alexander Enters Babylon After Battle of
Gaugamela (331 BC)
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Alexanders Empire (331 BC)
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Alexanders Empire (331 BC)
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Hellenization

• Spreading of Greek culture
• Combining eastern and western cultures

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The War of the Successors

• Result Alexanders empire divided among his
  generals

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Ptolemaic Kingdom

• Ptolemyright hand man
• Egypt Libya

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Seleucid Kingdom

• Seleucus general
• Babylon eastern portions of empire

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Antigonid Kingdom

• Antigonusgeneral
• Macedonia

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Hellenistic

• To Become Greek
• Alexanders most lasting achievementspreading of
  Greek culture