Post-Classical Greece
The period of Spartan dominance in Greek politics.
What was Spartan Hegemony?
The country of Phillip II's birth.
What was Macedonia?
Alexander's first victory against the Persians.
What was the Battle of the Granicus?
The city where Alexander died.
What was Babylon?
The mathematician who developed the study of geometry.
Who was Euclid?
The battle that broke Spartan power in Greece.
What was the Battle of Leuctra?
This woman was one of Phillip II's wives and the mother of Alexander the Great.
Who was Olympias?
The city Alexander founded in Egypt.
What is Alexandria?
The Greek empire established in Egypt.
What was the Ptolemaic Empire?
The religions/ideas most popular among the rich during the Hellenistic Age.
What was philosophy?
The period of Theban dominance over Greek politics.
What was Theban Hegemony?
The city Phillip II stayed in as a political prisoner.
What was Thebes?
The battle where Alexander first defeated Darius III.
What was the Battle of Issus?
The Greek empire established in Mesopotamia.
The religions popular among the poor during the Hellenistic Age.
What were the mystery religions?
The Theban king who defeated the Spartans.
Who was Epaminondas?
The battle Phillip II won to conquer Greece.
What was the Battle of Chaeronea?
The battle where Alexander eliminated the Persian navy.
What was the Siege of Tyre?
The Greek empire established in Macedonia.
What was the Antigonid Empire?
The genre of literature based on Alexander's adventures.
What was romance?
The battle that ended Theban strength in Greek politics.
What was the Battle of Mantinea?
The political organization Phillip II created to rule Greece.
What was the League of Corinth?
The battle where Alexander won the Persian Empire.
What was the Battle of Gaugamela?
The semi-independent Greek federations established in Greece.
What were the Achaean and Aetolian Leagues?
The mathematician who developed the study of trigonometry.
Who was Apollonius?