Alexander The Great Vocab/study guide

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The ruler of a vast empire that extended from Macedonia to India in the 300s B.C.E.

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Alexander the Great

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A city in Egypt, founded in 332 B.C.E by Alexander the Great; also, an ancient center of learning

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Alexandria

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A country that is friendly to another country in times of war

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Ally

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To be aware of the worth and importance of something or someone

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Appreciation

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A great Greek philosopher; a tutor of Alexander the Great; and the author of works on logic, science, and politics.

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Artisole

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A practice that is common to people of a particular group or region

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Custom

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To be part of something

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Involved

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An ancient kingdom located north of Greece

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Macedonia

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(431 to 404 B.C.E) the war fought between Athens and Sparta that involved other city-states

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Peloponnesian war

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To have hesitation or and unwillingness to do something

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Reluctantly

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Th term given for the time period between Alexander’s death, and the rise of the Roman Empire

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Hellenistic period

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Who won the Peloponnesian war

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Sparta

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Alexander showed the influence of his teacher, Aristotle in his love of

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Greek culture

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Alexander helped unite the Greeks under his rule by giving them a

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Common enemy

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What happened to the government officials of town that surrendered to Alexander

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They could keep their government officials

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Why is Alexander called “Great”?

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His notable achievements

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Alexander’s goal for his empire was to bring different

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Cultures into his empire

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Alexander built cities to spread

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Greek culture

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Why was the city of Alexandria, in Egypt especially famous?

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It had one of the biggest libraries

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Alexander used religion to help him real the Egyptians by gaining their

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Loyalty by honoring their gods

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Alexander told the Greeks that he was the son of

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Zues

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In Persia, Alexander allowed the Persians to

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Adopt their form of government

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When Alexander reached northern India, what made him turn back?

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His soldiers refused to fight

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What happened to a,expanders empire after he died

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His empire collapsed

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What was the lasting influence of Alexander’s conquests?

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He distributed Greek ideas through a vast area of

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In order to help bring unity to his empire Alexander especially encouraged Macedonians to marry with

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Persians