Philip II
How did Philip II die?
Extra 50 points: Where?
What is he was assassinated at his daughter's wedding?
How old was Alexander the Great when he rose to the throne?
What is 20?
The murder of a public figure, usually for political reasons.
What is assassination?
What philosophy emerged during this time period?
What is stoicism?
What powerful new state emerged during the Hellenistic period?
How many wives did Philip II have?
What is 7?
Whom did Alexander leave his empire to?
Hint: This was a direct quote, supposedly.
What is "to the strongest"?
An astronomical model in which the sun is at the center of the solar system, and the earth and other planets revolve around it.
What is a2+b2=c2?
What animal did Persians in northern India use during battle?
What what Philip II's dream?
What is to conquer the prosperous Greek city-states and the Persian Empire?
Why didn't Alexander ever capture the Persian emperor Darius III?
What is he was killed/murdered?
To absorb another culture's ideals, values, and customs.
What is assimilate/assimilation?
Who was the founder of the influential philosophy that emerged during the Hellenistic age?
Who is Zeno?
Founded by and named after Alexander the Great in 331 BC, this Egyptian city is one of the most historically significant cities in the Mediterranean.
Whom did Philip II hire to tutor his son, Alexander the Great?
Who is Aristotle?
How did Alexander the Great die?
What is a fever/a sudden febrile illness?
Hellenistic astronomer, Eratosthenes, showed that the earth was ______________ (round or flat)?
This intercontinental sea was situated between Europe, Asia, and Africa.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Who killed Philip II?
Who is one of his bodyguards.
Where did Alexander win his first victory against the Persians?
What is Granicus River?
A) 200
B) 2,000
C) 20,000
How did Philip II lose his eye?
What is an arrow in battle?