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Who is Phillip II
Powerful king of Macedonia, ATG's father.
Who was Ptolemy
First ruler of Egypt
Who was ATG father?
Phillip II
How did ATG spread Greek culture?
He spread it by encouraging it in the cities he conquered
Egypt had the largest? (it's a building)
Library
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Who is Alexander The Great?
Built the largest empire in the world had ever seen up to that point. Created the Hellenistic culture.
What Is a Phalanx?
Soldiers with long spears arranged in rows.
What culture did ATG encourage?
Greek culture
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Why were Hellenistic Buildings so large?
The bigger the building that more power someone had.
What was different about the rural areas than the cities during the Hellenistic Era?
They showed little Greek influence, people had their own native languages, had their own customs/beliefs.
Country type area.
Who was Cleopatra VII
What does Hellenistic mean?
Blended culture that developed in ATG kingdom
What city was named after ATG?
Alexandria
What cultures where blended during ATG's rule?
Greek, Persian, Syrian, Egyptian, and Indian
List three things that made territories throughout the ATGs Hellenistic era feel connected?
Common:
Language, clothing, religion, coins, trade routes, art, architecture....
What was the first major city ATG conquered?
What did he do if they refused to listen to him?
Thebes
Enslaved anyone that didn't join his army
Why did the Seleucid Kingdom fall?
Too many cultures
Too much land between people
Did not care about the King's rules
Who were the 3 generals of ATG that took parts of his empire after he died?
Antigonus
Seleucus
Ptolemy
How did Alexander the Great encourage the spread of Greek culture?
He encouraged Greek people to move there.
How Did Cleopatra VII Die?
Poison
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Who was Seleucus?
Inherited the Persian/Asian territory after ATG's death.
Who was Antigous?
He became the king of ATG homeland, Macedonia
Who was Aristarchus?
A scientist who made a proposed HELLIOCENTRICISM, the earth moves around the sun.
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What did Hellenistic artists want their works to look like?
More natural and in active positions.
Name two Philosphers and what they founded
Socrates- Philosophy
Plato- Education
Aristotle-Reason and logic
Euclid- Math
Hippocrates- Medicine