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PHILIP II OF MACEDONIA Considered backward and
barbaric though He admired Greek culture Hired
Aristotle to tutor his son, Alexander Dreamed of
conquering the Greek city-states
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PHILIP II OF MACEDONIA Accomplished bringing
Greece under his control by winning the BATTLE OF
CHAERONEA Wanted to invade Persian Empire, but
was ASSASSINATED, which is the murder of a public
figure
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RISE TO POWER Alexanders mother, Olympia,
outsmarted Philips other wives and put her son,
Alexander, on the throne Alexander was 20 years
old An experienced soldier who shared his
fathers ambitions In 334 BCE, he begins the
invasion of Persia
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ALEXANDER THE GREAT (356-323 BCE) He was one of
the greatest military geniuses in history He
conquered much of what was then the civilized
world, Greece, Persia, Egypt and western India
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Alexander inherited the best military formation
of the time, the Macedonian Phalanx, armed with
SARISSES - the fearful 18 foot long spears He
created the ethnic fusion of the Macedonians and
the Persians.
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Suffered his first defeats in India. Troops
threaten mutiny if they didnt return to Greece
after campaigning for 10 years Alexander dies at
age 32 from a fever in Asia
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He brought Greek ideas, culture and life style to
the countries which he conquered which was called
the HELLENISTIC Culture This happened when the
people of Greece and Asia ASSIMILATED, or
absorbed, parts of each others culture, blending
East and West
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ALEXANDRIA, Egypt - the Heart of Hellenism Home
to a million people Center of trade between
Europe and Asia Home of PHAROS, the lighthouse
that was one of the Seven
Wonders of the World Center of
scholarly activity Famous library that
collected the knowledge of the known world which
was lost to a fire
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STOICISM New school of philosophy Urged people
to avoid desires and disappointment by accepting
calmly whatever life brought Taught high moral
standards Believed that all men and women,
regardless of rank, were morally equal because
all could reason
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ADVANCES IN LEARNING MATHEMATICS PYTHAGORAS
formula for calculating the
relationships of the
sides of a right
triangle a2 b2 c2 EUCLID wrote
Elements the basis for geometry
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ADVANCES IN LEARNING SCIENCE ARISTARCHUS
developed the HELIOCENTRIC theory of the earth
orbiting the sun ERATOSTHENES showed that
the world was round and calculated its
circumference
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ADVANCES IN LEARNING SCIENCE ARCHIMEDES
applied principles of physics to make
practical inventions Lever and
fulcrum Archimedes screw
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ADVANCES IN LEARNING MEDICINE HIPPOCRATES
studied the symptoms of illnesses and the cures
based upon symptoms HIPPOCRATIC OATH set
ethical standards to be used by
doctors Physicians swore to help the sick
according to my ability and judgment but never
with the view to injury and wrong and to
protect a patients privacy