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The Age of Great Empires ( Macedonian Conquest and Hellenistic Empire/The Rise and Decline of Roman Power in the Mediterranean World)
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- 1When did Alexander the Great reign?336-325 BC
- 2Who taught Alexander the Great?Aristotle
- 3In 336 BC why did Alexander the Great destroy Athens?Thebes revolted
- 4Where was Alexander the Great proclaimed King?Egypt
- 5What city was founded by Alexander the Great?Alexandria
- 6Who did Alexander the Great believe was his true father?Zues
- 7Where did Alexander the Great beat Darius?Guagamela
- 8Alexander the Great burned royal palaces and temples here.Persepolis
- 9Alexander the Great suffered tremendous loss traveling through hereGedrosian Region
- 10Married this Sogdian PrincessRoxane
- 11What year did Alexander the Great die? And of what did he die from?323 BC. Malaria.
- 12What happened to Alexander the IV and Roxane after Alexander the Great died?they were murdered
- 13What happened to the Kingdom after the death of Alexander the Great?was broken into three smaller kingdoms
- 14What are the 3 Hellenistic kingdoms?#1. Macedon and Greece
#2. Seleuid Empire
#3. Ptolemaic Kingdom - 15This city was the principle port in the eastern Mediterranean and became the 2nd most important city in the ancient world.Alexandria
- 16seized massive boot hereBabylon, Susa, and Persespolis
- 17Defeated Porus here in 326 BCHydaspes River
- 18Who conquered the whole Persian Empire?Alexander the Great
- 19This oracle was used by Alexander the Great that held a message he never got to discloseAmmon
- 20Worked on geometric spheres and cones; established value of pi; also well known for his weapons; inventor/mathematicianArchimedes
- 21Battle where Athenians and Thebans confronted the Macedonians in 338 BCChaeronea
- 22Battle ended the city-state as the primary Greek political unit into large empires absorbed the Greek states until new political structuresThe Battle of Chearonea
- 23Formulated the earth-centered theory that was superseded by Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton in the 16th and 17th centuryClaudius Ptolemy
- 24Ruler of Persian Empire who was beaten by Alexander the Great at Gaugamela in 331Darius
- 25Athenian Statesman who gave a series of speeches entitled Philippics that claimed Philip was addicted to powerDemosthenes
- 26accurately calculated the circumference of the earthEratosthenes
- 27textbook that explained the principles of geometry and lasted for 2000 yearsElements
- 28Wrote ElementsEuclid
- 29First battle against Alexander vs Persia; happened in 334 BCGranicus River
- 30One of the many cults from Egypt that offered an escape, promised mortality, and it also paved the way for ChristianityIsis
- 31Athenian Orator who urged Philip II to fight against PersiaIsocrates
- 32Battled against Alexander and King Darius III in 333; Alexander wonBattle of Issus
- 33Underdeveloped portion of Greece that had valuable natural resources and huge manpower reserves; Philip and Alexander the Great acquired it in their reignsMacedonian
- 34Perfected the New ComedyMenander
- 35plays that included private family squabbles; influenced Roman StageNew Comedy
- 36sharp witted satirical refrence to current events and public policyAristophonic Old Comedy
- 37Cult from Persia mush like IsisMithras
- 38Philip was able to fund army by seizing gold and silver from mines in this mountainMount Pangaes
- 39royal capital where Alexander the Great was born; Philip encourage intellectuals to come here to help mainstream the Macedon into Greek culturalPella
- 40Increased army size; diversified army; introduced new thrust spear, better siege machinery, and more effective infantry; defeated Balkan neighbors; unified and modernized GreecePhilip the II
- 41Who killed Philip the II?He was killed by his body guard
- 42Which Hellenistic Empire contained the great library of Alexandria and the "think tanks" that was known as museumsPtolemaic Kingdom
- 43Oasis that Alexander the Great consultedSiwah
- 44What were the three beliefs that the Stoics believed in?#1. goodness is based on knowledge
#2. truly wise person lives in harmony with nature
#3. only good is harmony with nature - 45What did the Stoicism emphasis?outwardly directed concepts such as duty and civic responsibility
- 46Stoic Philosophy Masterpiece written by Marcus AureliusMeditations
- 47Key Persian naval baseTyre
- 48taught in Athens at the Stoa Poikile; he founded stoic philosophyZeno of Citium
- 49belief that is based on this quote: "Eat, drink, and make merry, for tomorrow you die and will not be held accountable"Epicurous
- 50Roman poet that was considered the most eloquent member of the Epicurus beliefLucretius
- 51Marked the beginning of a distinguished history of Roman Law12 tables
- 52pleased the masses in Rome by his major building programs and gifts of moneyTrajan
- 53tirelessly traveled throughout the provinces of the empire; personally attending to military security along bordersHadrian
- 54Satirist who trained the powerful weapon of his biting criticism on its social and moral degrenerationJuvenal
- 55major power in the western Mediterranean that was originally founded as a Phoenician colonyCarthage
- 56major power in the western Mediterranean that was originally founded as a Phoenician colonyCarthage
- 57one of the men who cooperated for a time to subvert the Republic System in favor of their own personal goals; military glory died on the plains of Mesopotamia; head was displayed as a trophy for the ParthiansCrassus
- 58wrote a massive history of Rome called The HistoryLivy
- 59psychopath who committed incest and murdered close family members like his mother.Nero
- 60followed the governmental policies of Diocletian, ruling autocratically and consulting only a few trusted appointees; prepared the way for the empire's split by founding a new imperial capital, CostantinopleConstantine
- 61was forced by Caesar to withdraw to Greece; was later on defeated by him at Pharsalus; he then escaped to Alexandria where he was stabbed to deathPompey
- 62wrote the best and most extensive narrative of the period from 14 to 96 CEtacitus
- 63create the Masterpiece of world literature that is entitled Aeneid (hero Aneas after the fall of Troy)Vergil
- 64"dagger-men" eventually caused Rome to take decisive action; political resistance groupSicarii
- 65mastered Greek and Hebrew and produced a translation into Latin of the whole Bible known as the VulgateJerome
- 66the failure of their revolt and the loss of their temple as a central religious and political focus caused Jews to be scattered around the eastern Mediterranean and even farther afield in a dispersal known asdiaspora
- 67aristocrat or noblemanpatricians
- 68commonerplebians
- 69he considered one of the most important figures in the Apostolic Age; funded many churches in Asia Minor and EuropePaul
- 70ancient Greek lyrical poetPindar
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