Alexander the Great

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Alexander the Great

• Explain how Alexander expanded the empire and
  spread Greek culture.
• Explain how Alexander became emperor.
• Explain and describe Alexanders leadership
  skills.
• Describe and define the Hellenistic culture.
• Describe how the discoveries of Hippocrates
  changed Greek and other peoples lives.

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Alexanders Conquests

• Two years after Alexander became king of
  Macedonia, he invaded the Persian Empire.
• He attacked a large Persian army that was
  attacking him with arrows.
• He did not retreat and when the Persians saw them
  charging, the Persians fled.
• Alexander then conquered Syria and Phoenicia.
• He then conquered Egypt and became a pharaoh.

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Alexanders Conquests
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A Great Empire

• Alexanders army had to face Persia one last
  time.
• Persias army was larger.
• Alexander still defeated them.
• Everywhere Alexander went, he was victorious.
• His army eventually stopped their conquests
  because of the monsoons.
• They decided to retreat back to Greece, but
  Alexander died before he could return.
• Alexanders legacy was the creation of a vast
  empire that stretched into Europe, Asia, and
  Africa.
• He spread Greek culture to these region and
  adopted many Asian ways.

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The Hellenistic Age

• After Alexanders death, a violent power struggle
  developed.
• His empire was divided among three of his
  generals.
• During the Hellenistic Age, new Greek city states
  developed.
• The cities became centers of Greek Culture.
• Young people read Homer and other Greek writers.
• Public buildings were built in the Greek style.

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Greek Columns
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Alexandria

• One of the cities discovered by Alexander became
  the greatest center of trade and learning.
• Its population, which reached more than a million
  people included Egyptians, Greeks, Persians, and
  Sudanese.
• The library in Alexandria was considered one of
  the greatest in the world.

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Discovery and Invention

• Greek science and mathematics reached their peaks
  during the Hellenistic Age.
• Doctors made discoveries about how the human body
  works.
• Hippocrates was a doctor who looked for natural
  causes of diseases.
• He is often called the father of medicine.
• Today, doctors take a Hippocratic Oath to promise
  to heal.

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Discovery and InventionContinued

• Archimedes was the most famous inventor of the
  time.
• He was also an important mathematician.
• His inventions include, pulleys, a screw that
  carries water, floating objects, and he described
  how levers worked.
• Archimedes built on works by Pythagoras and
  Euclid.
• Pythagoras created theories about numbers and
  music.
• He created a school that led to the development
  of the field of geometry.
• Euclid worked out the system of plane geometry
  that students still study today.

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Euclid and Pythagoras