Hellenistic World crossword

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  1. 3. Greek cities that Alexander established
  2. 4. The ruler of Rome and became close allies and fell in love with Cleopatra
  3. 5. Married Cleopatra after Julius Caesar passed away
  4. 7. The last and most famous ruler of Egypt
  5. 9. The king of Macedonia in 359 BC. He was mysteriously murdered possibly by his son, Alexander
  6. 15. A rising power from the Italian Peninsula
  7. 16. A group of warriors who stood close together with long spears
  8. 17. A Hellenistic historian who had great respect for the truth
  9. 19. Standard silver and gold coins
  10. 22. The largest ancient library built in Alexandria
  11. 24. A Greek city state that rebelled against Macedonia
  12. 26. A large place for study and scholars built in ALexandria
  13. 27. The capital of the Seleucid kingdom
  14. 28. The next person or the current person ruling a kingdom
  15. 29. A famous poet who wrote many comedies
  16. 30. A city in Persia where Alexander and his army had a long battle and came out victorious
  17. 32. Took control over Macedonia
  18. 33. efficient ways to trade and communicate with others
  19. 34. Many of Alexander's men fought over who would rule once he died so they divided all the land up into 3 kingdoms
  20. 36. The most powerful kingdom that is known as egypt
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  1. 1. The last battle that Alexander and his army fought in to conquer Persia
  2. 2. Took control over Egypt
  3. 6. Phillip II son who went on the conquer all of Persia
  4. 8. Land where Alexander pushed to go deeper into but could not because his army could not go farther
  5. 10. A huge empire that was very powerful. They eventually got conquered by Alexander
  6. 11. The title that Egyptians gave the name of their rulers
  7. 12. Rule passed down within families
  8. 13. A town in Asia that Alexander visited while fighting the Persians. There he heard the legend about about the knot tied by the ancient king
  9. 14. There is somebody in charge and whatever they say goes
  10. 18. Extremely large kingdom which spread over most of Persia but their leader, Seleucid had trouble ruling it because of how big it was
  11. 20. A Greek geographer who wrote a famous book called the "Geography"
  12. 21. Took control of Alexander's Asian conquest
  13. 23. Located in Macedonia and had a very week government
  14. 25. A new culture that was not completely Greek but it was greek-like
  15. 31. A city in Greece where Phillip II ruled and later Alexander did
  16. 35. When rulers would grow their kingdoms