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Warm Up
• Copy HW
• Grab your white packet, skip the first two pages and rip out the next three about Alexander the Great
• Leave the packet neatly on the bottom shelf
• Make them pages 39,40 and 41 of your notebook
• Grab a Red textbook and read page 313 and complete the preview section of your new page 39
Essential Questions
• How do culture and technology reflect values?
• How can societies use what they have learned from the past?
• What happens when different cultures interact with one another?
A great ruler…
Macedonia
Timeline
• 404 B.C.E.• Sparta wins the Pelp.War
• 338 B.C.E.• King Philip had conquered most of the Greek mainland
• 336 B.C.E.• Alexander takes the thrown
• 334 B.C.E• Teamwork
Alexander’s Empire
Alexander the Great
Alexander Spread Greek Ideas!
• Built cities w/ Greek architectural style
• Government officials had to speak Greek
• Temples devoted to the Greek gods
• Promoted education, fitness and the theater
Religion helped unite the empire!
• Honored gods of all the lands he conquered
• Visited the oracles to show respect to the gods
• Promoted himself as a god
Alexander showed respect to other cultures by adopting some of their customs.
• Allowed Persians to continue their type of government
• Used Persian greeting and even dressed like a Persian King
• Encourage inter culture marriages
Why did Alexander’s empire fall?
• After he died in 323 B.C.E….
Settlers left his citiesCities fell into ruinHis general fought for controlHis land was divided into 3 kingdoms
Greek power faded, but their culture lived on!!!!
Closure-Battle!!!!
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