ancient greece overview

1. Big Idea: Greek culture spread to
new lands.

2. Macedonians Invade Greece
 Philip II made Macedonia chief power of Greek world
(ended Greek city-states freedom).
 Goal invade Persian Empire (Asia),but died.
 Alexander (the Great) age 20 became king.
 fulfill fathers dream - invade the Persian Empire (Asia).
 Alexander’s Conquest
 Persian Empire >frees Ionian states, claims-won at Issus,
on to Syria, Palestine, and Egypt.
 Built Alexandria -Greek capital (Egypt).
 Stopped at India -soldiers didn’t want to continue>go
home.
 332 B.C. he died age 32.

3. Alexander the Great’s Em
Macedonia Under
Philip II

4. Alexander’s Legacy
leadership & military skills= success.
Master of strategy.
Brought wealth (gold &silver) into
empire.
Greek cultural legacy-Greek language,
architectural, literature &art throughout
SW Asia.

5. Hellenistic Era
 Created by Alexander. Hellenistic “to imitate Greeks”
 Science & Philosophy big. Alexandria home to poets,
writers, philosophers, scientists.
 Library largest in World-literature prized
 Build new cities chance for architects-resemble Greece.
 Sculptors change from classicism to realistic art.
 Athens center of Greek theater.

6. Science ,Astronomy & Philosophy
 Aristarchus-sun center of universe &earth rotates
around sun>circular orbit.
 Eratosthenes- calculated earths circumference-
 Euclid- wrote Elements, book on geometry.
 Archimedes-established value of pi & gravity.

7. Schools of Thought
 Epicureanism
 Epicurus founder, believed
humans were free to
follow own self interests
=happy.
 achieve happiness free
self from public activities
but still have a social life.
 Friendship is important.
 Stoicism
 Zeno is founder.
 public service is
noble=happiness.
 Harmony with will of God
 Most popular and
flourished during the
Roman Empire.

8. 4-5 Review
 Home of Alexander the Great
 Macedonia
 Alexander’s empire extended as far east as what?
 Pakistan
 Stoicism taught that inner peace comes from following
what?
 God’s will
 Four Hellenistic kingdoms emerged, Greeks and
Macedonians became the ruling class, and non-Greek
government officials learned Greek, all happened after
whose death?
 Alexander’s death

9. 4-5 Review
 Alexander’s empire was called what?
 The Hellenistic kingdoms
 This taught pleasure is freedom from worry, freedom
comes from a mind at rest, and happiness is the goal of
life.
 Epicureanism
 “to imitate Greeks”
 Hellenistic
 He is associated with geometry of spheres, value of pi,
and specific gravity.
 Archimedes

10. 4-5 Review
 Founder of Stoicism
 Zeno
 Philip II conquered who?
 The Greeks