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What Classical Greek Culture Influences

the World Today?


Classical Greek Culture from Athens
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Philosophers Socrates, Plato, & Aristotle


questioned assumptions and used logic
to find answers to questions
Classical Greece

Was it a target for


invasion?
Greek wealth and innovation made it a target
for outside invasion; From 493 B.C. to 479 B.C.,
Persian kings Darius and Xerxes tried (but failed)
to conquer the Greeks in the Persian Wars
The Peloponnesian Wars left the
Greeks weak & open to invasion

After the Persian Wars, the


Greek city-states, led by rivals
Athens & Sparta, fought each
other in the Peloponnesian Wars
In 338 B.C., King Philip II of
Macedonia attacked & conquered
the Greeks, but he died soon after

Macedonians viewed themselves as Greeks


& shared much of their culture; King Philip II
hired Aristotle to tutor his son Alexander
KING ALEXANDER
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King Alexander of Macedonia
• Alexander was only 20 years old when he
became king of Macedonia:
–But he proved to
be ambitious & a
brilliant military
strategist
–Once in power,
Alexander began
to expand his
empire
Alexander began his conquest by crushing a
Greek revolt in Thebes; He ordered the death of
The Empire of Alexander the Great
6,000 people & sold everyone else into slavery;
His brutality convinced other Greeks to not rebel
Alexander set his sights
on the Persian Empire
& began his attack by
conquering Egypt;
Egyptians viewed
Alexander as a liberator
In 331 B.C., Alexander attacked Alexander
& defeated the mighty Persian destroyed the
Theled
army Empire
by King of Alexander
Darius III theof Great
capital Persepolis
Alexander led his army to conquer India; After taking
the Indus River Valley, Alexander’s troops begged
him to return home after 11 years away from their
homes while conquering the empire
By 323 B.C., Alexander had conquered a massive
empire
The & began
Empire ofplans to governthe
Alexander & unify his
Great
kingdom, but he fell ill & died at the age of 32
Alexander left behind an important legacy:
He spread Hellenic (Greek) innovations &
culture throughout his empire
In each territory he conquered, Alexander left
behind a Greek-styled city named Alexandria
Alexandria in Egypt was the most significant of
these cities & best represented Hellenism
(the spread & blending of Greek culture )
Alexandria became the center
for Hellenistic culture & trade
for the Mediterranean world
Alexandria had a museum &
library that preserved Greek,
Egyptian, Persian, Indian
cultures & attracted scholars
for centuries
Alexandria Egypt
When Alexander died without an heir, his
empire was divided among his top 3 generals
Alexander's empire was the largest of the
classical era, but it was short-lived (13 years)
& was never unified or governed
• Summary of Alexander the Great:
– He was a military genius & well educated
– His interest in Greek
history & culture as well
as Persian, Egyptian, &
Indian ideas led to a
vibrant new culture,
Hellenism, that shaped
future civilizations
– But, his empire did not last long enough
to compete with future empires, such as
those ruled by Rome and the Mongols
Let’s Make an Alexander the Great Person
Poster – Must have a drawing of him, color and
answer the questions.
• Who was Alexander • What did he
the Great’s father? build?
• How old was Alex • What is
when he took over Hellenism and
the Empire? how did he
spread it?
• What empire did
Alex defeat?

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