| A | B |
|---|
| Macedonians | northern neighbors of Greece in 359 B.C. |
| Alexander the Great | Son of Phillip II, motivated to invade the Persian Empire to avenge the burning of Athens |
| Alexandria, Egypt | built by Alexander as the Greek capital of Egypt |
| Alexander's Legacy | Greek culture spread thoughout southwest Asia, creation of monarchies, brought up the economy |
| Hellenistic Era | expansion of Greek language to non Greek world, also spread Greek science, art, literature, sculpture, and philosophy to Western Asia |
| Pergamum | Western Asia city and kingdom (now Syria)after death of Alexander the Great, attracted scholars and artists |
| Jason and The Golden Fleece | Hellenistic Literature 300 BC |
| Apollonius of rhodes | Epic poem, Argonautica, the story of |
| Athens | Center of Greek theatre and philosophy |
| Epicureanism (end of 4th century BC) | freedom form emotional turmoil and worry |
| Aristarchus of Samos | Sun is at the center of the universe |
| Eratosthenes | dtermined the earth was round and calculated its circumference |
| Euclid | wrote plane geometry textbook, The Elements |
| Archimedes of Syracuse | geometry of spheres and cylinders, specific gravity, and value of "pi" |
| Stoicism and Zeno | happpiness by following the will of God, could bear whatever life offered. |
