History & Miscellaneous
Uniting the Empire
Spreading Greek Ideas
Religion
Using Culture
100
Alexander died at this age...
33
100
Alexander's armies reached extended the empire as far east as this country...
Western India
100
Alexander built these in hopes of spreading Greek culture...
Greek-style cities
100
This was one way that Alexander used religion to inspire loyalty among his followers and those he conquered...
Honoring Egyptian & Persian gods
100
Alexander demanded that visitors greet him in this style...
Persian Style
200
This happened after Alexander's death...
Empire crumbled
200
These were 3 areas that Alexander conquered soon after he became king...
Asia Minor, Egypt, and central Asia
200
This was the most famous of Alexander's cities...
Alexandria
200
Alexander eventually required Greeks to accept him as this...
The son of Zeus
200
Alexander received official visitors here...
A Persian-style tent
300
Alexander's father, King Philip, conquered most of mainland Greece by this year...
338 BCE
300
Alexander wanted all the people he conquered to accept him as this...
Their ruler
300
This Greek god was honored with a temple in Alexandria...
Poseidon
300
In Egypt, Alexander wore the headdress of this god...
Ammon
300
Alexander encouraged the marriage of these two groups...
Macedonians & Persians
400
King Philip was murdered in this year...
336 BCE
400
Alexander's goal for his empire was this...
To bring people of different cultures together under a single government
400
This was one of the largest libraries in the world...
The library at Alexandria
400
This helped Alexander gain the loyalty of the Egyptians...
Being greeted as "God's son" by an Egyptian priest
400
Alexander married the eldest daughter of this Persian king...
Darius
500
The war between Athens and Sparta was fought in this area...
Peloponessus
500
Alexander's 3-point plan to unite his empire contained these three elements...
1.) spreading Greek culture and ideas; 2.) using religion to inspire loyalty, and 3.) show respect for the cultures of people he conquered?
500
The famous city of Alexandria was located here...
Egypt
500
Alexander used religion in these two ways to help inspire loyalty in his folllowers and of those he conquered...
1.) honoring Egyptian and Persian gods; and 2.) Alexander encouraged the idea that he himself was a god.
500
Despite adopting the Persian system of government, Alexander appointed these people to head the army...
The Macedonians
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