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King that fled the battlefield to escape from the Macedonians twice

Darius III

He offered to give up the western third of his empire to Alexander

Darius III

He was the father of Alexander the Great

Philip II

The winner of the Peloponnesian War

Spartans

Winner of the Trojan War

Myceneaens

Hellenistic culture was a blend of what 3 cultures

Indian, Persian and Eyptian

Give me an example of Classical architecture that is still standing today

The Parthenon

Doric, Ionic and Corinthian are types of what?

Columns

Describe Hellenistic culture in 3 phrases

Emotion, dramatic poses and realism

What did Classical sculpture not show?

Emotion

Scientist that arrived at a fairly accurate calculation of pi

Archimedes

Bronze statue that stood more than 100 feet high as the tallest Hellenistic statue

Colossus of Rhodes

This mathematician’s work is still the basis for Geometry

Euclid

This school of thought held that the world is made up of atoms and is governed by gods that were not interested in people.

Epicureanism

This school of philosophy held that the universe is controlled by a divine power and argued that people should lead virtuous lives in harmony with natural law

Stoicism

The fortified hilltop in each city- state is known as an

Acropolis

Kingdom of Philip II and Alexander the Great

Macedonia

He wrote the Republic

Plato

Where did the sea-faring Minoan settle?

Crete

The Iliad and the Odyssey are examples of

Epic Poems

Why did Athens more towards democracy?

Dangers posed by the Persians

Greece is separated by

mountains

The Trojan war was fought between

The Mycenaeans and the Trojans

Alexander the Great was welcome as the liberator of

Egypt

In what continent is the most important Alexandria?

Africa