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  1. 3. This country was freed by Alexander from Persian rule.
  2. 4. The Greek god who ruled over the seas. The Greeks used to say that his temper resulted in rough waves and sea storms.
  3. 6. Twin of the son, this goddess ruled over the moon, and protected the young, wild animals, and women.
  4. 7. The father of the Greek gods. He ruled the sky and threw thunderbolts, especially when he was angry (this explains lightning).
  5. 8. Stories that try to answer questions about natural events.
  6. 12. The third king of this name who ruled over Persia.
  7. 15. The man who gathered all the current learning (of his time) concerning geometry. This was so effective some students still used it more than two-thousand years later.
  8. 16. Those people who eventually fulfilled Alexander's dream of creating a single government that ruled over Greece, Persia, and Egypt (and beyond).
  9. 19. A city named after the famous king who had it built. Existed at the mouth of the Nile river.
  10. 21. The number of years (spelled out) that Alexander ruled. He took the throne when he was twenty and was almost 33 when he died.
  11. 23. A river that was as far east as the Greeks had ever heard of, located in modern-day India.
  12. 25. This of Alexandria had 500,000 books.
  13. 26. A Greek word meaning "their own land."
  14. 27. A man of great strength in Greek Mythology. He had to complete 12 tasks to redeem himself.
  15. 29. One of the sons of the Greek gods, he was the god of the sun. The Greeks believed that he drove his fiery chariot across the sky (explaining why the sun moves throughout the day). He was also the god of music and medicine.
  16. 30. The most famous of "The Great" kings of old. He conquered most of the world he knew of at a young age.
  17. 31. The tale of Odysseus that has become synonymous with long and difficult adventures. Written by the Greek poet Homer (which is whom Homer Simpson is ironically named after).
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  1. 1. This man used mathematics to explain how to lift heavy things with levers and pulleys.
  2. 2. Once one of the seven wonders of the world, and was part of what made Alexandria famous.
  3. 5. The name of the mountain that the Greek gods are said to have lived on.
  4. 9. The mix of greek and eastern cultures that was a result of Alexander's conquering.
  5. 10. A city along the Euphrates river, east of Jerusalem, and the next city conquered by Alexander after he had conquered Egypt.
  6. 11. A rival state to Macedonia, and the first to fall to their conquering army.
  7. 13. A giant that was punished for rebelling against Zeus by being forced to literally carry the world on his shoulders. This is where we get the word for a book of maps.
  8. 14. The Greek god who ruled over the underworld which the Greeks called Hades.
  9. 17. A hero who's mother dipped him in magical oil by his heel when he was a baby which made his heel his only vulnerable area.
  10. 18. The land north of Greece that became a huge empire.
  11. 20. Number of hundreds of thousands of people who lived in Alexandria (at its height).
  12. 22. Zeus' favorite child. She is known for being the goddess of many things including wisdom, strategy, and olives, and has a city named her, which she protects.
  13. 24. War involving the Greek hero Achilles.
  14. 28. This is a wheel for rope to pass through.