1. Do-now
Why would someone have or earn the words “the Great” attached their name? (for example: “Lenhard the Great!”)

2. Alexander and the Hellenistic Age

3. Philip King of Macedonia, a kingdom north of Greece
Brought all of Greece under his control by 338 B.C.
Was assassinated at his daughter’s wedding; his son Alexander will take over the throne

4. Alexander the Great Wants to conquer the Persian Empire
Marches through Asia Minor, Palestine, Egypt, seizes Babylon and other Persian capitals
Crosses into Northern India, but his soldiers refuse to go further east

5. Alexander dies
His empire split amongst three generals

6. The Legacy of Alexander
Spread Greek culture as Greek soldiers, traders, and artisans settled in cities across his empire
Gradually Greek, Egyptian, Persian, and Indian cultures will blend together to form the Hellenistic Civilization

7. Alexandria, Egypt At the heart of the Hellenistic world
Contained the Pharos, a 440-foot lighthouse
Libraries, zoos, laboratories, the Great Museum

8. Advances in Learning Geometry and Mathematics
Aristarchus argued that the earth orbited around the sun (heliocentric view)
Eratosthenes proves earth is round
Archimedes (levers, pulleys)
Hippocrates -- his Hippocratic oath set ethical standards for doctors to swear to help the sick to the best of their abilities

9. Looking Ahead
Rome will emerge as a powerful new state during the Hellenistic Age
But Greek ideas about law, freedom, justice, and government will influence political thinking to the present day
Greeks set the standards in the arts and sciences