1. 8/25 EQ: Does Alexander the Great deserve to be called “great”?
Do Now: There aren’t many people in history who have the title “great” attached to their name. What are some things somebody should have to do in order to be remembered as “great” in history? Make a list!

2. Alexander
was from the
Kingdom of
Macedonia!

3. Plutarch on Alexander
“It is agreed on by all hands, that on the father's (Phillip’s) side, Alexander descended from Hercules by Caranus, and from Aeacus by Neoptolemus on the mother's side…While he was yet very young, he entertained the ambassadors from the King of Persia, in the absence of his father, and entering much into conversation with them, gained so much upon them by his affability, and the questions he asked them, which were far from being childish or trifling, that they were struck with admiration of him, and looked upon the ability so much famed of Philip to be nothing in comparison with the forwardness and high purpose that appeared thus early in his son.”
Would Plutarch agree or disagree that Alexander the Great deserves the title of “great?” Use direct evidence from the document to explain your answer!

4. Alexander the Great’s Empire
Which modern day countries were conquered by Alexander?

5. Alexander Tames Bucephalus!

6. The Mighty Macedonian Phalanx

7. Hellenistic (Hellenic) Culture
Greek Culture
Persian Culture
Indian Culture
Egyptian Culture
Hellenistic (Hellenic) Culture
The height of Greek Culture in the world occurred as a result of Alexander’s conquests. In reality, Greek culture mixed and blended with Persian, Indian, and Egyptian Cultures which led to a flowering of new ideas.

8. Alexander Founds Alexandria, becomes the poster child for librarians

9. Astronomy in Alexandria, Egypt What’s wrong with this model?

10. Ptolemy’s Geocentric Model

11. Euclid’s Geometry
Proposition 29 theorem: If two straight lines are parallel, then a straight line that meets them makes the alternate angles equal, it makes the exterior angle equal to the opposite interior angle on the same side, and it makes the interior angles on the same side equal to two right angles.