SS. 6-5 Flashcards
Wild uncivilized people
Barbarian
Kingdom north of Greece
Macedonia
______ thought of people in Macedonia as _______
Greeks
Barbarians
Alexander the Great ... thought of himself as \_\_\_\_\_ Learned about Greek \_\_\_\_\_\_ His hero was \_\_\_\_\_\_ Father was king Philip of \_\_\_\_\_\_ Was tutored by \_\_\_\_\_
Greek Cultures Achilles Macedonia Aristotle
_____ United Macedonia and built a strong _____- it eventually took over ______
Philip
Army
Greece
____ was ______
Philip
Assassinated
______ became king at 20 years old
Alexander
Alexander also….
Invaded the ____ empire
Conquered Persia, ____ and land beyond Indus River within 11 years
Earned the right to be called Alexander ___ ______
Reached ____ and came down with a fever and died
Persian
Egypt
The great
Babylon
Many named after him
Established cities
After Alexander’s death (50 years later) his kingdom was broken into __ kingdoms called the ______ kingdoms
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Hellenistic
Alexander did not want to destroy _____ and hoped that local and ____ citizens cultures would blend
Cultures
Greek
Name given to land by the Greeks that were modeled after Greek cities(government,jobs, temples, etc)
Hellenistic
_____ in Egypt was the greatest ______ city
Alexandria
Hellenistic
Alexandria grew famous as a center for ____ and ______
Business
Trade
Alexandria was a center for _____- largest library in the world, learning capital of the world
Learning
