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Alexander the great
Charter 4 and 5
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History
6th Grade
12/13/2007

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Xerxes
Definition
  • son or darius
  • took over after his dad died
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Philip II

Definition
Took over Macedonia in 359 B.C.
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Eratosthenes
Definition
astron omer who was in charge of the libaray in Alexandria
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Persia
Definition
Which is now Southwestern Iran
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Salamis
Definition
not far from athens
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Alexandria
Definition

City and major seaport in northern Egypt it was the cultural and educational center of the Hellenistic

Era

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satrap
Definition
means " protector of the kingdom"
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Plane geometry
Definition
Shows how points, lines ,angles and surfaces relate to one another
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solid geometry
Definition
Studies 3-D shapes
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Hellenistic Era
Definition
Did everything like the Greeks
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stocism
Definition
serious
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Epicureanism
Definition
Emotions
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What was Alexanders first victoryon Persian Soil?
Definition
Graicus
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What wirter did Alex admire? Favorite Work?
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Homer  to   Iliad
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Accomplishments of Archimedes
Definition
  • Established science of physics
  • Catapults
  • Explained the leaver and pulley
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Alexaders most important city
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Alexandria
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