Repaso De Historia

I. Terms Define

1. Hellenistic- Mixture of cultures: Greek, Persia, Egyptian, and Indian. The official language is Greek. India wasn’t conquered by alexander but it’s considered part of theHellenistic World.
2. Alexandria- a seaport in Egypt founded by Alexander the Great, ancient center of learning
3. Macedonia- Kingdom in Balkan Peninsula in south Europe.4. Aristotle- One of the greatest Greek philosophers who tutored Alexander the great.
5. Babylon- An ancient city of Asia, on the Euphrates River, famed for its magnificent andculture.
6. Hippocrates- Greek physician “father of medicine”
7. Philip II- Father of Alexander. He invaded the Thebes city on North of Greece. He was killed by poison.
8.Alexander -One of the biggest kings (leader) who conquered and ruled up to India.

II. Topics:

A. Describe how the Macedonian Empire began
* Culturally and ethnically related to the Greeks* The king of Macedonia was Phillip II.

1. Roll of Philip II
a. Regions he conquered.
* He invaded Thebes on the north of Greece. Spartans and Macedonians were part of this
*He conquered all city-states except Sparta until later on.
b. Describe his government

B. Alexander the Great
* Precarious position because his mother was not Macedonian (makingAlexander half Macedonian), and his father took a Macedonian as a new wife
* He wanted to conquer Persia like his father and to spread the Greek culture thorough the world.
* He founded numerouscities and encouraged trade through his empire.

1. Education in Greece
* Tutored by Aristotle.
2. Military skills
* He used his father technique of the Hoptile with long spears in attackand horses in the sides. (Phalanx)
* He had many fighting technique and was patient.

3. Regions he conquered
* First he just revolted locally destroying Thebes, for example
* He...