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upon as sort of “barbarian cousins” by the Greeks of Athens, Sparta, etc.\nKing Philip II of Macedonia\nExpanded his territory north to the Danube River and south into the Greek peninsula\nConquered all city-states except Sparta by 338 B.C.E.\nKilled while planning to attack Persia (336 B.C.E.)\nAlexander the Great\nTutored by the philosopher Aristotle\nPrecarious position because his mother was not Macedonian (making Alexander half Macedonian), and his father took a Macedonian as a new wife\nWanted to conquer Persia like his father\nWanted to spread Greek culture throughout the world\nAlexander the Great\nPhilip was killed by companions of Alexander\nAlexander came to the throne at age 20 (336 B.C.E.\nAlexander the Great\nFirst put down local revolts, including destroying Thebes\nInvasion of Persia and beyond\n35,000 troops\nGranicus (334 B.C.E.)\nIssus (333 B.C.E.)\nArbela (331 B.C.E.)\nCity-states along the Mediterranean\nPhoenician Tyre\nEgypt\nFounded Alexandria\nIndia\nReached Indus River\nSet up capital in Babylon (located in modern-day Iraq) in 324 B.C.E.\nDied of a fever in 323 B.C.E. at age 33\nClick to edit Master title style\nClick to edit Master text styles\nSecond level\nThird level\nFourth level\nFifth level\nAlexander’s Empire\nFell apart after Alexander’s death\nGenerals fought for control of empire\nEmpire divided\nEgypt – Ptolemy\nMost of Asian empire – Seleucus\nMacedonia and Greece – Antigonus\nNew dynasties ruled for hundreds of years until conquered by Rome\nAlexander’s Impact on World History\nSpread Greek culture beyond the Greeks\n“Pan-Hellenism”\nFounded numerous cities\nMarried a daughter of Darius\nEncouraged his soldiers to take Persian wives\nWorshiped foreign gods and goddesses\nRecognized as foreign incarnations of Greek gods\nEncouraged trade throughout his empire\nSettled Greeks throughout his empire\nGreek culture became “Hellenistic” as it spread and mingled with other cultures\nClick to edit Master title style\nClick to edit Master text styles\nSecond level\nThird level\nFourth level\nFifth level\nAlexandria, Egypt\nCity in Egypt founded by, and named after, Alexander the Great\nPtolemy came to rule Egypt after Alexander’s death\nPtolemies built a university in Alexandria – “Library of Alexandria”\nIncluded 700,000 volumes written on papyrus\nCenter of research and scholarship\nHellenistic Science\nMany practical, useful inventions\nEuclid (lived circa 300 B.C.E.)\nGreek who lived and worked in Alexandria, Egypt\n“Father of Geometry”\nTheorems in plane geometry (“Euclidean geometry”)\nArchimedes (circa 287 B.C.E.-circa 212 B.C.E.)\nGreek who lived and worked in Sicily\nPrinciple of specific gravity\nLaw of floating bodies\nUsed levers, pulleys, and screws to build things such as catapults\nHellenistic Science\nEratosthenes (circa 276 B.C.E.-circa 195 B.C.E.)\nGreek born in modern-day Libya\nGeographer and librarian of Alexandria, Egypt\nClosely determined the earth’s diameter\nMeasured earth’s distance from the sun with 99% accuracy\nUsed lines of longitude and latitude on a map\nBelieved earth is round\nOne could sail India by sailing west\nAristarchus of Samos (310 B.C.E.-circa 230 B.C.E.)\nHeliocentric model – first to advocate that the earth revolves around the sun\nHipparchus (circa 190 B.C.E.-120 B.C.E.)\nInvented plane and spherical trigonometry\nPredicted eclipses of the moon and sun\nHellenistic Art and Architecture\nArchitecture\nBuilt many impressive public buildings\nBaths, libraries, palaces, theaters\nPharos – lighthouse of Alexandria – 400 feet high\nArt\nMore lifelike – showed more expression\nAction, grief, motion, pain\nThe Death of Laocoon, Winged Victory of Samothrace, Venus de Milo\nHellenistic Philosophy\nCynics (Cynicism)\nDiogenes (412-323 B.C.E.)\nHatred of power and worldly possessions\nStoics (Stoicism)\nZeno of Citium (334-262 B.C.E.)\nAcceptance, courage, patience\nRoman emperor Marcus 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