Keynote on Section 5 of The Ancient World

1. Chapter 6. Section 5
The Spread of Greek Culture

2. Introduction
• Greeks thought of anyone outside of Greece as
barbarians: wild, uncivilized people
• King Philip was the King of Macedonia in 359BC
• His son, Alexander was taught literature,
philosophy and science by Aristotle
• Aristotle passed on his beliefs that the Greeks
were superior people and that they deserved to
rule

3. Alexander Builds an Empire
• King Philip united Macedonia and built a strong
army
• He then conquered the weakened city states of
Greece and united them
• His talent was waging war
• He ruled from 359-336BC

4. Alexander Comes to the Throne
• Philip was assassinated before he could
attack Persia
• His son, Alexander, was only 20 when he
took over for Philip
• Alexander’s hero was Achilles

5. Alexander the Great

6. Alexander the Great
• Invaded Persia when he took over the throne from
Philip
• Conquered Persia, Egypt and the lands extending
beyond the Indus River (India) in 11 years
• Energy and military genius made him succeed
• Wherever he went he established cities and named
them after himself
• Never lost a battle
• He died of a fever near Babylon in 323BC . He had
been ruler for 13 years. He was 33.

7. Greek Culture Spreads
• Without Alexander’s leadership the empire
split into 3 kingdoms.
• Greek culture remained alive and well in all
of them.

8. The Hellenistic Kingdoms
• When Alexander conquered land, he tried not to
destroy the culture
• Greek culture mixed with local culture
• Helles=Greece: the name Greece gave to their
lands
• In these kingdoms, kings ruled and Greeks had the
best jobs
• cities modeled after Greek cities

9. Hellenism in Egypt
• The greatest Hellenistic city was Alexandria in
Egypt. It became the capital of Egypt.
• The great lighthouse at Alexandria is considered
one of the seven wonders of the world
• Alexandria had one of the greatest libraries in the
world
• Math and Science flourished here

11. Euclid
• mathematician who developed geometry
• cubes, angles, triangles and cones
• his system is still used today in math
• my strategy: lid= circles=geometry=Euclid

12. Euclid: triangles, rectangles, angles

13. Eratosthenes
• scientist who figured out that the world
was round! His idea didn’t catch on until
1500 AD
• calculated the distance around the earth
• strategy= Earth=Eratosthenes
• has EARTH in his name

14. Eratosthenes

15. Archimedes
• greatest scientist of Hellenistic times
• discovered a new way to use levers and
pulleys to lift heavy objects
• strategy: LAP (levers and pulleys....A=
Archimedes....thank you Joy)

16. Archimedes
- “Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand on, and I will move the earth.”