1. GHW.4.1 Explain the causes and conditions of worldwide voyages of exploration, discovery and conquest. Alexander the Great and the Helenistic Period GREECE

2.  Minoan Civilization-Crete  Mycenaean- 1400 BCE- Olympic gods  Heroic Period- Trojan War  800-500 BCE- rise of polis  Athens & Sparta  Persian Wars- Starts 490 BCE  Peloponnesian Wars  Philip of Macedon- Macedonia-North of Greece GREECE

3. Phillip’s Army-Phalanx w/ 18ft pikes Conquest of Greece 338 BCE- Phillip defeats Athens Alexander 18 leads cavalry 336 BCE Phillip assassinated Macedonia

4. PERSIA 20 when king Aristotle- Iliad 334 BCE- 35000 troops to Anatolia Darius III- 75,000 troops Defeated and Flees Persia was Alexander’s

5. EGYPT 332 BCE Builds Cities Alexandria Crowned Pharaoh

6. MESOPOTAMIA Darius III-250,000 men Defeated Darius Babylon Persian Empire gone

7. CONQUEST 327 BCE- India Fought 11 years 11,000 miles 323 BCE- return to Babylon Death Kingdom split among Generals

8. HELLENISTIC CULTURE Greek, Egyptian, Persian & Indian blend Pharos- Lighthouse in Egypt  Aristarchus- planets revolve around sun  Ptolemy- Earth in center of solar system, lasted for 14 centuries  Euclid- “Elements” used until 1900s  Archimedes- value of pi  Colossus of Rhodes- seven wonders of the world  150 BCE- Hellenistic Culture declines to Rome

9. PHAROS

10. Winged Nike of Samothrace Colossus at Rhodes

11.  Peloponnesian Wars  Direct Democracy  Tragedy  Heroic Period  Pericles  Epics  Persian Wars  Iliad  Polis  Philosopher  Hellenistic  Democracy  Oligarchy  Homer  Sparta  Athens  Comedy  Aristocracy  Phalanx  Minoan Civilization VOCAB FOR TEST Create an acrostic word puzzle on back of sheet along with illustration on front sheet.