Philip II- king of Macedonia before Alexander; his father
Macedonia- north of Greece; king Philip ands Alexander
Alexander the Great- 20 years old when he became King; his father got assasinated but his own guardsman (King Philip II)
Darius III- King of Persia; he was murdered by own soldiers because they were tired of having a leader who runs away when times get rough
Alexander conquers Persia
He dies at age of 32
His empire got split into three sections by three different rulers
Then it collapsed
Hydapses- river they fought over in India
Helenistic- blending of Greek culture and Egyptian and Persian and Indian
Alexandria- the center of money and Nile Delta (the nyc of its time)
Archamedis- greek mathematician who commuted pie to more digits
aristocracy- nobility; high ranking
democracy- people
Socrates- came first; charged with couple of crimes; put to death with poison; charged with disrespecting the Gods
Playdo- took notes on what Socrates said in his trial; wrote a book on it called apology
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