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Who had a dream about a goat and ram fighting?
Daniel
DAILY DOUBLE!
There was a dream about a goat and ram fighting. Who did the goat represent, and who did the ram represent?
The goat: ATG
The rams: the Medo-Persian kings
In what country was Alexander born?
Macedon/Macedonia
Philip II of Macedon
What was the full name of ATG's mother?
(_ of _)
Olympias of Epirus
DAILY QUADRUPLE!
What year was ATG born, and what year did he die?
356 born
323 died
Temple of Artemis struck by lightning and burned down. Oracle predicted that night the future ruler of the world had been born.
Who was Aristotle and what role did he play in ATG's life?
A famous Greek philosopher who tutored ATG
Who delivered phillipic speeches?
Demosthenes
Where did ATG sacrifice to the gods of the Iliad?
Troy
What is the Golden Mean?
The desirable middle between two extremes
What is Hegemony?
WHen one state has dominion over the other
What is a philipic speech?
A speech that bitterly attacks someone
What is the FUllness of Time?
The perfect time for Jesus to be born
DOUBLE!!!! Name of two amazing structures that ATG had built in Alexandria
Pharos LIghthouse (30 stories)
LIbrary with 500k scrolls
What is HEllenization?
The spread of Greek culture and language. To "Greekify"
List Alexander's three battles against Darius III in order from the first to third
Granicus River
Issus
Gaugamela
What was the significance of the Battle of Gaugamela?
The Battle of Gaugamela ended the Persian empire! ATG had now accomplished his father's second goal!
What were TWO things that ATG did after reading the Hebrew Scriptures in Jerusalem?
-Believed they were about him
-Let Jews keep their culture & customs
-Did not destroy Jerusalem
-Let them have a break from paying tribute every 7 years
To which battle did Darius bring his family to watch him overcome ATG?
Issus
What was ATG's first battle ever and how old was he?
18 and the Battle of Chaeronea
What were Philip's 3 goals?
To unite Greece
Defeat Persia
Build an empire in Asia
Give three reasons that ATG thought he was a god or descended from the gods.
1) Mother supposedly descendent of Achilles
2) Father supposedly descendent of Hercules
3) Mother told him his real dad was Zeus
4) Egyptians said he was the son of Ammon-Zeus
What are two ways that ATG Hellenized the world?
ANY of the following two....(or similar)
-spread Greek language (his officers only spoke Greek)
-Soldiers became teachers of Greek thought
-Encouraged intermarrying to spread Greek thought
-Accepted cultures of the places he conquered so they would accept his rule
What was the Gordian knot and what did ATG do to the knot?
The Gordian Knot was an unsolvable knot. An oracle said that whoever could "luein" the knot would be ruler of Asia. It was said to be bad luck not to attempt to "luein" the knot if you went through Gordium. ATG thought creatively and sliced it in half, exposing the ends.