Coach Crews World History

Under Pericles, Athens became a center of beauty and culture. During this Golden Age, Greek thinkers, writers, and artists contributed many ideas to the new world - Greek mythology - Greek poetry and fables - Greek drama - Greek art and architecture

Section 1 discussed early Greek artists and writers. Many of them made the years between 500 and 350 B.C. the Golden Age for Greece. Greek thinkers and historians also produced works that shape people’s views of the world. - Sophists - Socrates - Plato - Aristotle

In Section 2, we learned that Aristotle was a teacher. The king of Macedonia admired Greek culture and hired Aristotle to tutor his son, Alexander. Years later, his son would take control of the Greek world. - Phillip II unites all Greek states - Alexander the Great takes control and spread Greek culture throughout southwest Asia

- Complete the Alexander the Great Book Search - Answer each question by rephrasing the question - Worth 30 points - Due at the end of class. If not completed, due on Tuesday when we get back

After the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 B.C., King Phillip of Macedonia ruled all of Greece. Alexander the Great, King Phillip’s son, conquered an empire that stretched to Africa in the south and India in the east. After Alexander’s death, his empire split into several kingdoms.