| A | B |
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| assassination | to murder by sudden or secret attack often for political reasons |
| heliocentric | the theory of a sun-centered solar system |
| Philip of Macedonia | ”the leader of Macedonia who conquered all of Greece, but was assassinated before he could attempt to take over Persia |
| Stoicism | “a philosophy introduced by Zeno that used the logic of Aristotle and taught self control;urged people to accept calmly whatever life brought |
| Pythagoras | a Greek mathematician who is credited with the Pythagorean Theorem describing the relationship of the sides of a triangle |
| Euclid | a Greek mathematician who wrote Elements; a geometry text |
| Archimedes | “mathematician and physicist who made practical inventions such as a lever and pulley |
| Hippocrates | “studied illnesses and cures and set ethical standards for medical care; he is considered the founder of medical science; his oath is still used by physicians today” |
| assimilate | to absorb or take on the characteristics of |
| Alexander the Great | succeeded his father to the throne of Macedonia,he went on to conquer the entire Persian Empire |
| Eratosthenes | a Greek scientist and mathematician who estimated with accuracy the circumference of Earth |
