Monday-notes
Socrates-470-399BCE
Socrates was a philosopher of Ancient Greece
Socrates taught by asking questions
This method of questioning is still called the Socratic Method
Plato- 427-347 BCE
Plato was a student of Socrates
He started a school called the academy that lasted 900 years
Wrote The Republic
Aristotle- 384-322 BCE
Aristotle was a student of plato
He wrote about science,art. Law. poetry, government etc..
Taught Alexander the Great
Macedonians
- Lived in mountains, villages, not city-states
- Macedonians considered themselves to be Greek but were looked down upon by the big city-states
- Phillip II built up his military and eventually invaded and defeated the Greek-city states
- Used the phalanx and cavalry to great effect
King Philip II of Macedon 382-336 BC
- Defeated the Athens and Thebes at the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC ending a ten year wa and bringing peace to Greece
- Phillip II established a federation of Greek states known as the League of Corinth, with him as the elected to as commander-in-chief
- Philip was assassinated at his daughter’s wedding by a former bodyguard
Alexander III of Macedon 356-323 BC
- Took over his father,Phillip, in 336 BC
- Ruled Greece and its empire for only 13 years
- Due to his great accomplishments,became known as Alexander the Great
- Taught by Aristotle
- Undefeated in Battle
- His goal was to reach the ‘end of the world and his Great Outer Sea’
Alexander the Great refused Darius III offer and announced he would take the entire Perisan empire.
In 332 BC Alexander the Great moved into Egypt and ‘liberated” eygpt from the persians.
After conquering Egypt,Alexander moved into Mesopotamia and finished the job of defeating darius III and the persians.
Alexander would continue east into India where he eventually ran into a strong Indian Army
His troops were tired-fighting for 11 years and traveled more than 11,000 miles
Even after defeating the Indians army in a battle, the monsoons of India were having an impact and Alexander agreed to turn back west
Alexander the great’s legacy
Greek empire split into three sections
- Greek City-states led by Antigonus
- Egypt led by Ptolemy
- Former Persian Empire ruled by Selucus
Tuesday-Notes
The Spread of Hellenistic Culture
Hellenic(510-323BCE) vs Hellenistic(323-146BCE)
Hellenistic culture became common all throughout the Greek Empire
- Greek,Eqyptian,Persian and Indian cultures mixed
- Language-Koine
- Trade
- Cities
- Science and technology
- Philosophy,art and architecture
REVIEW FOR TEST TOMORROW AND THURSDAY
Wednesday-Test
Thursday-Test
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