Alexandar The Great

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  1. 1. coin: Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Alexander the Great.
  2. 4. ancient kingdom located in the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula
  3. 8. the region of southwestern Asia that is now modern-day Iran
  4. 9. networks: interconnected systems of routes and partnerships that facilitate the exchange of goods, services, and culture between different regions
  5. 11. Menander was an Athenian dramatist whom ancient critics considered the supreme poet of Greek New Comedy—i.e., the last flowering of Athenian stage comedy.
  6. 12. of Alexandria: renowned ancient center of learning and research
  7. 14. person who inherits or has the right to inherit property
  8. 16. Pharaoh was the title of the monarch of ancient Egypt from the First Dynasty
  9. 17. Antony: commonly known in English as Mark Antony, was a Roman politician
  10. 20. (knot): legendary, incredibly complex knot tied to the yoke of an oxcart in the city of Gordium (in modern-day Turkey)
  11. 21. VII:last active pharaoh of ancient Egypt, a powerful and strategic leader, and the last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty
  12. 23. Kingdom: Macedonian Greek royal house which ruled the kingdom of Macedon during the Hellenistic period.
  13. 24. :Strabo was an ancient Greek geographer who lived in Asia Minor during the transitional period of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire.
  14. 25. capital city of italy
  15. 27. minor character, a son of King Priam, who was killed by Agamemnon.
  16. 29. blend of Greek and Eastern (Persian, Egyptian, etc.) cultures, characterized by a shared Greek language and cultural practices, and a flourishing of arts, literature, and science
  17. 30. The Republic of India and Bharat
  18. 31. decisive 331 BC battle where Alexander the Great's Macedonian army defeated the much larger army of the Persian King Darius III
  19. 32. The name of both an ancient city in Egypt and an ancient city in Greece
  20. 34. Caesar: led the roman army in the gallic wars.
  21. 35. :macondian greek general, officer and successor of Alexander the Great
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  1. 2. person or animal that is descended from a specific ancestor; an offspring
  2. 3. ll: Philip II is a title that can refer to several historical figures, most notably, Philip II of Macedon (382–336 BC), father of Alexander the Great
  3. 5. Alexandria is the second largest city in Egypt and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. It lies at the western edge of the Nile River delta.
  4. 6. Kingdom: Hellenistic kingdom based in Egypt, founded by Ptolemy I Soter, a general of Alexander the Great
  5. 7. at Alexandria: massive ancient library in Alexandria, Egypt, and a significant repository of knowledge in the ancient world
  6. 10. great): Alexander III of Macedon most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip II
  7. 13. rectangular, densely packed military formation, primarily used by ancient Greek hoplites, consisting of heavily armed infantry armed with spears and shields, designed for a powerful, coordinated push against enemy lines
  8. 15. Polybius (c. 200 – c. 118 BC) was a Greek historian, statesman, and political prisoner of Rome, known for his work The Histories, which provides the earliest continuous narrative of the rise of the Roman Empire.
  9. 16. Claudius Ptolemy was a Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist who wrote about a dozen scientific treatises,
  10. 18. Antioch on the Orontes was a Hellenistic Greek city founded by Seleucus I Nicator in 300 BC.
  11. 19. the system of production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services within a region or country
  12. 22. Macedonian Greek general and successor of Alexander the Great.
  13. 26. Kingdom: officer and successor of Alexander the Great (during the hellenistic period)
  14. 28. A dictatorship is an autocratic form of government which is characterized by a leader, or a group of leaders, who hold governmental powers with few to no limitations.
  15. 33. Kingdoms: successor states formed after the death of Alexander the Great, spanning from Greece to India, characterized by the spread of Greek culture and the fusion of Greek and local traditions