HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION
HISTORY 101

Topic Eight:  The Expansion of Greece

 Head of Alexander the Great
 

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Identifications:
Identify and discuss the importance of the following items.
Epaminondas, Greek mercenaries, Hellenistic, Menander, Plato, Aristotle, Xenophon, Philip II, Demosthenes, Alexander, Ptolemies, Seleucids, Antigonids, Epicureanism, Stoicism, Skepticism, Mystery Cults, Plybius, Mithraism, Euclid,  Zeno, Euclid, Erastosthenes, Aristarchus, Archimedes, Herophilus, Battle of Chaeronea
Essay
1.  Trace Philip II's rise to power.  What were the steps he took and how did  this secure the position of Macedon?
2.  What did Alexander the Great accomplish?

Reading Assignment:  Coffin and Stacey, Chapter 4

Suggested Project:
The Greek Collection, Metropolitan Museum, New York, New York; Walter's Museum, Baltimore, Maryland
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