1. Geo Day 58

2. Starter When was this statue created?
What are the characteristics that make you
think so?
What era was this Greek house built in?
What are the characteristics that make
you think so?
What was significant about the Greek
Philosophers’ way of thinking?

3. Grades Class Average % Failing A1 70.41 29% A4 78.41 18% B5 70.94 35%
80.85
23% B8
73.82
37%

4. Classical Greece

5. Hellenistic Greece

6. Alexander the Great King of the Greek Kingdom of Macdon (or Macedonia)
Alexander of Macedonia
Invaded Persian empire and expanded Greek control to the Indus River
Influenced much of the development of Asia
When he dies his “empire” is split between 3 generals
Ptolemaic
Seleucid
Macedonia

7. Influences Common language
Stabilized governments to encourage participation in trade
Silk Road
Spread culture
Arts
Religion
Brought Egypt under Greek control

8. History of Greece (800 BCE – 146 BCE)
The height of Greece (Hellenistic Era) comes to an end with the takeover by the Romans
Was Greece an empire that fell?
No. They had a shared history, but were not united in government.

9. Pompeii: The Last Days