Chapter 5 Section 4 Flashcards

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Philip II

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king of ancientMacedoniaand father of Alexander the Great (382-336 BC)

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Macedonia

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a region of the S Balkans, now divided among Greece, Bulgaria, and Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia). As a kingdom in the ancient world it achieved prominence under Philip II (359–336 bc) and his son Alexander the Great.

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Demosthenes

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was a Greek statesman and orator of ancient Athens. …Demostheneslearned rhetoric by studying the speeches of previous great orators.

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Alexander the Great

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A ruler of Greece in the fourth century b.c. As a general, he conquered most of the ancient world, extending the civilization of Greece east to India.Alexanderis said to have wept because there were no worlds left to conquer.

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Darius III

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originally named Artashata and called Codomannus by the Greeks, was the last king of the Achaemenid Empire of Persia from 336 BC to 330 BC.

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