Monday-
A philosopher is someone who tries to explain the nature of life, after losing to Sparta in the Peloponnesian War, people in Athens turned to philosophers for answers.
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
Socrates- 470-399 BC, He taught by asking questions, he was put on trial and found guilty for "corrupting the youth of Athens" put to death-hemlock
"there is only one good, knowledge, and one evil,ignorance"
Plato- was a student of Socrates, he started a school called the Academy that lasted 900 years, Wrote the Republic
The book talked about a perfectlygoverned society, all citizens would fall naturally into three groups; farmers and artisans, warriors, and the ruling class, the person with the greatest intellect from the ruling class would be chosen king
Aristotle- Aristotle was a student of Plato, he wrote about science, art, law, poetry, government, Taught Alexander the Great, "He who studies how things originated will achieve the clearest view of them
Alexander's Empire-
Macedonians- Lived in mountainous villages, not city-states, Macedonians considered themselves to be greek but were looked down upon the 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- goal was to take over all of Greece and then to get revenge by taking over the Persian Empire. Defeated Athens and Thebes at the battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC ending a ten year war and bringing peace to Greece, Philip II established a federation of Greek states known as the League of Corinth, with him as the elected as commander-in-chief, Philip planned the invasion of the Persian Empire but was assassinated, Philip was assassinated at his daughter's wedding by a former bodyguard, Pausanias
Possibilities- Offended by Attalus(uncle of Philip's wife), Jealously, rape and revenge on Attalus, Philip's son Alexander was involved
Tuesday-
Alexander the III of Macedon 356-323 BC "Alexander the Great"
Took over for his father, Philip, in 336BC, Ruled Greece and it's 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 "ends of the world"
After taking power, Alexander eliminated his opponents to the throne and then moved to consolidate Greece. Alexander then turned east to take over the Persian Empire and achieve the goal of his father, After losing some battles, Darius III retreated quickly and offered Alexander all lands west of the Euphrates River and $$ for his family. Alexander the Great refused Darius III's offer and announced he would take the entire Persian Empire, In 322 BC, Alexander the Great moved into Egypt and "liberated" Egypt from the Persians, Egyptians crowned Alexander Pharaoh, Founded the Egpytian city of Alexandria.
After conquering Egypt, Alexander moved into Mesopotamia and finished the job of defeating Darius III and the Persians. The capital city of the Persian Empire, Persepolis, was looting burned by alexander as possible revenge for the Persians burn.
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 Indian army in a battle, the monsoons of India were having an impact and Alexander agreed to turn back west, Alexander would die from disease not long after, possibly from typhoid fever or malaria, Some say he was poisoned.
Greek Empire split into three sections, Greek city-states led by Antigonus, Egypt led by Ptolemy, Former Persian Empire ruled by Seleucus,
Wednesday-
Talked about what is going to be on the test.
The spread of Hellenistic Culture- Hellenic vs Hellenistic
Hellenistic culture became common all throughout the Greek Empire, Greek, Egyptian, Persian and Indian cultures mixed, Language-Koine, trade flourished, cities were made because of Alexander. Science and technology flourished, Philosophy, art, and architecture flourished. Euclid established geometry, Archimedes estimated the value of pi and the law of the lever.
Hellenic-just Greece culture
Thursday-
Test
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