| A | B |
|---|
| Philip II | king of Macedonia and father of Alexander the Great |
| Alexander | conqueror of the Persians; he established an empire |
| Macedonia | country north of the Greek polises |
| Greeks | the world power after the Persians |
| Persians | world power after the Chaldeans |
| Hellene | another word for "Greek" |
| Alexandria, Egypt | location of famous temple of the Muses (the Museum); place where Alexander was buried |
| Romans | loved Greek architecture, literature, religion, and social customs |
| Ptolemy | man who arranged the burial of Alexander in Alexandria, Egypt |
| Museum | famous temple of the 9 muses; philosophers gathered here to share ideas |
| Muses | 9 goddesses who gave people creative and intellectual gifts |
| philosophers | lovers of knowledge |
| Pythagorus | created famous triangle theorem |
| Socrates | man who believed that only one god existed; he was sentenced to death for this belief |
| Herodotus | father of history; wrote down Greek/Persian history |
| Asclepius | Greek god of healing |
| Hippocrates | first world "doctor" who believed illness was due to sicknesses within the body |
| blood | the place where Greeks and future people believed was the source of illnesses |
| three | number of kingdoms which emerged from Alexander's empire |
| cavalry | soldiers on horseback who specialized in breaking up enemy phalanxes |
