Alexander the Great

1. Ancient Greece
Greek Wars

2. 5 Question Quiz
1. Describe the Golden Age of Greece.
2. What is an epic? How were epics used in Greek
society?
3. Describe the two types of Greek Drama.
4. Describe Greek art and sculpture.
5. List and describe the 3 types of Greek Columns.

3. PERICLES FUNERAL ORATION
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw-835nsd9U
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YouTube*

4. ALEXANDER THE GREAT
How great was he?

5. Crash Course: Alexander the Great
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6. THE END OF THE GREECE
• The Macedonian
conquest of Greece
followed the weakening
of Greek defenses
during the
Peloponnesian Wars.

7. THE RISE OF MACEDONIA
• King Phillip II of
Macedon conquered
most of Greece.
• Learned to fight by
watching Greek armies
• Built alliances through
marriages

8. ALEXANDER’S EMPIRE
• Alexander took over after King Phillip was
assassinated as King of Macedon
• Alexander the Great established an empire from
Greece to Egypt and the margins of India

9. HELLENISTIC CULTURE 1
• Alexander the Great adopted Greek culture and
spread Hellenistic influences throughout his vast
empire.

10. HELLENISTIC CULTURE 2
• Blended Greek and oriental elements.
• Spread Hellenistic culture through the empire via
trade routes.