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Alexander the Great 1
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Hellenistic Culture
Peloponnesian War 1
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Alexander the Great's parents were named this.
Who are King Philip II and Queen Olympia?
100
In November 333 BC, Alexander declared himself the king of this empire.
What is Persia?
100
Alexandria became the foremost center for what?
What is commerce?
100
These two clashes between the Athenians and Corinthians led the Corinthians to try to pit Sparta against Athens.
What is the capture of Corcyra by the Athenians, and the invasion of the Corinth colony Potidaea?
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The deaths of the Athenian and Spartan generals during the Athenians attempt to take back their silver mines led to this agreement.
What is the Peace of Nicias?
200
These were two of Alexander the Great's tutors.
Who are Leonidas and Aristotle?
200
This empire gave little to no resistance to Alexander's troops and he was able to conquer it easily.
What is Egypt?
200
These two places were Alexandria's greatest attractions.
What is the museum and library?
200
This act by the Spartans at the meeting of the Peloponnesian League in 423 declared hostility towards Athens?
What is a majority vote that declared Athens broke the peace agreement?
200
These two reasons are why the Athenians decided to help the Sicilians in their fight with Syracuse.
What is to get back at their real foe, the Spartans, and to conquer Sicily and use it as a starting point for conquest in Italy and Carthage?
300
Alexander the Great helped his father unite all the Greek states (minus Sparta) into this.
What is the Corninthian League?
300
Alexander created created Macedonian colonies in this modern country.
What is eastern Iran?
300
This astronomer estimated the Sun was at least 300 times larger than Earth, and this astronomer calculated Earth's circumference to be between 28,000 and 29,000 miles.
Who are Aristarchus and Eratosthenes?
300
The "Archidamian War" only lasted 10 years because of this Spartan reason.
What is the Spartan infantrymen could only sustain fighting for weeks at a time because they were farmers and had to tend their crops?
300
This man played both sides, he helped Athens and Sparta. 200 Point Bonus: What did he do for Athens? Sparta?
Who is Alicibiades? Bonus: Athens-led the expedition to Sicily; Sparta-convinced Sparta to build a fortification in Decelea, near Athens, forcing Athens to get supplies by boat, rather than land, which was more costly.
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Alexander the Great's father was killed during this celebration.
What is Alexander the Great's sister's wedding festival?
400
After defeating this king's army in India, Alexander decided that he was impressed by him and reinstated him as the king, becoming allies.
Who is Porus?
400
He complied a text of geometry and another estimated the value of pi.
Who are Euclid and Archimedes?
400
After the plague of Athens, the Athenians changed their attack on the Spartans by doing this.
What is the Athenians embarked on a more aggressive strategy: relentless naval raids and stretched military activity to further lands.
400
He was a Spartan hero who won all the land wars in Sicily and advised the Syracusans to build a navy.
Who is Gylippus?
500
Alexander the Great massacred this city to serve as a warning to the other Greek city-states not to revolt and pledge their alliance to the Macedonian Empire.
What is Thebes?
500
Alexander the Great died of this disease in Babylon, Persia on June 13, 323 BC. 100 point Bonus: What was his wife's name?
What is malaria? Bonus: Rhoxana.
500
This philosophy promoted social unity and encouraged it followers to focus on what they could control. And this philosophy taught the that only real objects where those that the five senses perceived.
What are stoicism and Epicureanism?
500
The Spartans took this crucial source of funding from the Athenians.
What is the Athenian silver mines?
500
Lysander iniated this cunning attack that eventually forced the Athenians to surrender in 404 BC. 200 Point Bonus: What did Sparta do with Athens once they surrendered?
What is destroy Hellespont, the Athenian bread basket. Bonus: They took Athens into their own system, saving it from other city-states.