| A | B |
|---|
| Phillip | King of Macedonia, conquered Greece, father of Alexander |
| Alexander the Great | takes throne at 20, a warrior, taught by Aristotle |
| Legacy of Alexander | spread Greek culture thru Mediterranean |
| Alexandria | city on island of Pharos in Egypt, mix of all cultures, great library |
| Stoicism | philosophy directing people to avoid desire + accept what happens in life |
| Marriages to Persian women | blended cultures, created new Hellenistic civilization |
| seige of Tyre | Alexander blockades city for 7 months |
| mathematicians | Euclid, Pythagoras, Archimedes |
| Hippocrates | greek physician |
| Persepolis | great Persian city |
| phalanx | military formation, storng + heavily armed |
| Demosthenes | Greek statesman + orator |
| Diogenes | philospher who didn't care about Alexander |
| Gordian Knot | legend that whoever could untie a wagon tied to a tree would be king of the world |
| Alexander + Gordian Knot | Alexander easily undid by taking out the pin of the wagon yoke + pulled wagon away-shows smart thinking |
| architect of Alexandria | Homer planned the city with barley meal that birds came + ate, bad omen |
