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Who was Cleopatra Vll?
The last and most famous Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt.
What does Heliocentric mean?
Based on the belief that the sun is in the middle of the universe.
Who was ATG's Dad?
Phillip ll
What new blended culture developed in ATG's empire?
The Hellenistic Culture.
Why were Hellenistic buildings so large?
The large buildings were symbols of the rulers power.
Who was Antigonus?
A powerful general of ATG who became the king of Macedonia.
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Who made the Hippocratic Oath?
Hippocrates
Who was ATG?
He was a Macedonian leader who conquered empire stretching from Greece to India and encouraged spread of Greek culture throughout the empire
Who admired Greek culture and worked to spread Greek influence by founding cities in the lands that they conquered?
ATG
What year did ATG die?
323BCE
Who was Aristarchus?
He was an astronomer who was the first person to propose that the earth moves around the sun.
What does the word Phalax mean?
A group of armed soldiers in ancient Greece arranged in closed together rows.
How old was Alexander when he died?
He was 33 years old.
What does Hellenistic mean?
The blending of cultures.
How was Phillip ll able to defeat the Greeks?
Their army used bigger spears
Who was Ptolemy?
A powerful general of ATG who ruled Egypt and whose dynasty became the most powerful and wealthiest of Hellenistic kingdoms.
What does Assimilate mean?
Absorb or adopt another culture
Which culture did he Greatly encouraged?
He Greatly encouraged Greek culture.
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What other cultures did did it combine?
Persian,Egyptian,Syrian,and others cultures with Greek ideas.
What advantage did the soldiers have in Phillip's army?
They had good military stratigeis.
What Philosophy did Zeno found?
Stoicism
What was the extent of ATG's vast empire?
His empire stretched from Greece to India and North Africa.
Which empires did he build and conquer? (4)
-Thebes
-Persian empire
-Asia Minor
-Egypt
Hellenistic artists made statues of both Greek and Egyptian Gods. What does this fact indicate?
That they had religous freedom
What made Aristarchus an important Hellenistc Scientist?
He proposed that the earth moves around the sun