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Which Roman author famously said that art “stopped” at the beginning of the Hellenistic period?

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Pliny the Elder

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How many different varieties of Alexander’s coinage exist?

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4000

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How many different varieties of Alexander’s coinage were minted during his lifetime?

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1000

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How many different varieties of Alexander’s coinage were minted after his death?

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3000

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Which isolated community residing in the Hindu Kush claim descent from Alexander’s veterans?

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The Black Kalash

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What was the best-selling non-religious book in the Middle Ages?

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The Alexander Romance

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What is the most notable priority in Hellenistic Art?

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Size –> The bigger and the more grand, the better

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How many journalists/historians did Alexander bring on his campaign?

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20

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What were the 5 most notable lost sources of Alexander’s life?

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Callisthenes
Ptolemy
Nearchus
Onesicritus
Aristobulus

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Which ancient author took the writings of a few of the primary sources on Alexander, and made a bestselling account?

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Cleitarchus

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What are the 5 main surviving ancient sources on Alexander?

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Diodorus
Curtius Rufus
Plutarch
Arrian
Justin

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The burning of which great city was justified as retribution for 480 BC?

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Persepolis

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Who does Cleitarchus blame for the burning of Persepolis?

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The Athenian prostitute, Thais

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Where is there a time-gap in written sources for the Hellenistic Period?

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301-229 BC

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This Papyrus was a written opposition to Ptolemaic rule in Egypt:

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Oracle of the Potter

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Which Greek ruler commissioned the Rosetta Stone?

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Ptolemy V

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Which 3 languages are featured on the Rosetta Stone?

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Greek
Hieroglyphic
Demotic

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Why was Macedonian kingship typically so weak?

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  • The power and infighting of the nobles
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True or False: Almost every Macedonian king died violently.

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TRUE

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What was the traditional method of execution in Macedon?

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Death by Stoning

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What was the punishment for traitors in Macedon?

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Execution of the traitor and their entire family

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What 2 aspects are notable about the geography of Macedon?

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  • Macedon has more rivers that run all year round
  • They also have more flat and fertile land
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Define: Hetaroi

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  • The sons of Nobles that Philip II would take hostage to serve in his personal bodyguard unit
  • Hetaroi means “comrades”
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True or False: By 400 BC, the Macedonians still used Bronze Age burial techniques and customs

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How far back did the Royal dynasty of Macedon go?
650 BC
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Who was the first king of Macedon?
Amnytas I
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Who was the first Panhellenic king of Macedon?
Alexander I
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True or False: Despite his Panhellenism, Alexander I sides with Persia initially in the Greco-Persian War
TRUE
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Who was the Macedonian king during the Peloponnesian War?
Perdiccas II
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Which Macedonian king famously participated in the Olympics?
Archelaos I
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Where does Philip II grow up as a hostage?
Thebes
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Where is Philip II said to have first learned of modern military technology?
Thebes
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Which Macedonian king famously managed to tame the nobility?
Philip II
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By the 300s BC, Macedon had become known for ________
The beauty of their goldwork
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Which artifact epitomizes the quality of Macedonian goldwork?
The Dervini Krater
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What about Macedonian drinking did the Greeks look down upon?
The Macedonians didn't dilute their wine
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Which king built Pella?
Archelaos
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When did the Macedonians switch to Greek-style tombs?
400 BC
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What is a prominent theory as to why Philip II was assassinated?
- Pausanias was one of Philip's lovers, and was raped one evening by many soldiers of the bodyguard\ - Philip did not intervene
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Which new 7th wife of Philip was pregnant, thus threatening Alexander's rule?
Euridyce
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From where did Alexander claim divine descent?
His Father's side --> Herakles His Mother's side --> Achilles
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What was the name of Philip's other son?
Philip III "Aridaos"
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Early on, Alexander was known to many Macedonians as "--------"
"The Bastard"
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Philip's first __ marriages were politically motivated.
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As a youth, how did Alexander famously interact with Persian ambassadors?
- He asked them probing questions about Persia's infrastructure, and the quickest routs to travel from each city
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What factors weakened Persia at the onset of Alexander's invasion?
- Egyptian independence temporarily from 405-343 BC - Xenophon's 10 000 - Assassination of Artaxerxes IV - Persian kingship is notably weak
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Who said: “If you conquer Asia, you will by then have achieved the limit of what is humanely possible" ?
Isocrates
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What were the 3 main cities of the Persian Empire?
Babylon, Susa, Persepolis
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The Royal Road ran from _______ to _________
Susa to Persepolis
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What was the motto of the Royal Road?
Neither rain nor snow, nor sleet nor hair, stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointments
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Why did the Babylonians respect Alexander?
- Because he rebuilt the temple of Marduk - He also left their infrastructure as it was
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What Persian-service General advised Darius from early on to conduct a scorched earth policy, avoiding a pitched battle with Alexander?
Memnon of Rhodes
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Who was Alexander's siege engineer at the Siege of Tyre?
Diades of Pella

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