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Battle Strategies
Philip II
Alexander the Great
Alexander's Empire
Miscellaneous
100
infantry formation where foot soldiers form a solid body 16 rows deep
What is a phalanx?
100
Macedonian kings were of this descent
What is Greek?
100
Alexander's Dream
What is to have a worldwide state; live together in peace and unity?
100
Alexander founded about this number of cities
What is 70?
100
number of biographies written about Alexander in more than 20 languages
What is 80?
200
used these which were 14-16 feet long in battle
What are spears or sarissas?
200
unify Greek city-states and spread Greek culture
What is "Philip's Destiny"?
200
He wanted to unite the Greeks, Macedonians and these people
Who are the Persians?
200
Greeks called all who did not speak Greek or follow Greek customs this
What is barbaroi?
200
After Alexander died, his generals Antigonus, Ptolemy, and Seleucus divided his empire; Ptolemy got this part
What is Egypt?
300
in hilly areas, soldiers used bows and arrows and these
What are slingshots?
300
number of cities he named after himself
What is 16?
300
his empire stretched from Greece to this place
What is India?
300
small Greek manufacturers could not compete with these that had been built
What are factories?
400
soldiers had to shave off these so they could not be grabbed in battle
What are beards?
400
orator who warned the people about Philip II; he practiced speaking by the sea with pebbles in his mouth
Who is Demosthenes?
400
most noted city; center of trade and learning within 70 yrs. of being founded
What is Alexandria, Egypt?
400
Alexandria's harbor had this number of harbors
What is 2?
400
as population felll, there were not enough people to work the land; these became wilderness
What are farms?
500
made the Macedonian army this instead of only part-time
What is year round?
500
was unable to tame this horse
What is Bucephalus?
500
after the death of Alexander, Greek ideas influenced people from here to India
What is Gibraltar?
500
Alexander's attempt at unity in the empire was this
What is unsuccessful?
500
by 146 B.C., most of Greek city-states were under ________ control
What is Roman?