exam 1

Question 1

persepolis

Answer 1

capital of the persian empire
burned by alexander in 330 BCE

Question 2

issus

Answer 2

first meeting of alexander and darius in 333 BCE
alexander won and took darius’s family
alexander sends letter saying that him and darius are not equals

Question 3

egypt

Answer 3

major source of wheat
taken by alexander in 332

Question 4

alexandria

Answer 4

founded in 331
major trading port

Question 5

chaeronea

Answer 5

philip ii defeats thebes in 338

Question 6

philip dies

Answer 6

alexander becomes king in 336

Question 7

sack of thebes

Answer 7

alexander defeats thebes in 335
completely ruins the city to establish his power and legitimacy

Question 8

granicus

Answer 8

alexander first encounters and defeats persian troops in 334

Question 9

oracle of ammon

Answer 9

alexander declares himself son of ammon in 332» link to divinity and legitimize

Question 10

guagmela

Answer 10

second meeting of alexander and darius in 331
completely defeats persians

Question 11

mutiny at opis

Answer 11

troops no longer want to continue in 324
feel that alexander has become too persian

Question 12

babylon

Answer 12

alexander returns in 324
meant to become quasi capital of his empire

Question 13

death

Answer 13

alexander dies in babylon in 323

Question 14

proskynesis

Answer 14

act of honoring kings/gods
was a source of unrest within alexanders macedonian companions

Question 15

susa

Answer 15

alexander and his men marry persian noble women
see persians as equals in 324

Question 16

leuctra

Answer 16

thebes defeats sparta and becomes major greek power

Question 17

hydaspes river

Answer 17

alexander must cross to defeat porus and take india in 326

Question 18

darius

Answer 18

king of persian
defeated by alexander

Question 19

philip ii

Answer 19

alexander’s dad
established macedonia within mediterranean

Question 20

demosthenes

Answer 20

athenian orator that opposed alexander
was blamed for athens’ relative failures

Question 21

cleitus

Answer 21

killed by alexander in 328
claimed that alexander was no longer a macedonian king and had lost his loyalities
shunned proskynesis

Question 22

epaminondas

Answer 22

theban leader that defeats sparta and is later defeated by philip

Question 23

hephaestion

Answer 23

alexander’s best fried
advised alexander to lead out of babylon
his death in 324 caused alexander to spiral

Question 24

ptolemy

Answer 24

left in charge of egypt

Question 25

porus

Answer 25

indian king defeated by alexander
allowed to keep him land and was given payment/treasure

Question 26

callisthenes

Answer 26

was a close ally and historian of alexander
was arrested for treason and died

Question 27

parmenion

Answer 27

close general and ally of alexander
executed after allegedly helping plot alexander’s death

Question 28

hyphasis river

Answer 28

alexanders army refuses to go any further in 326