HIST 1001 : HIST 1001 Exam 3
Document Summary
Hellenistic era: a period in which leadership passed from the greeks to a people named for an italian town called rome. Aristotle: taught in macedonia, teacher of alexander the great. Lyceum: philip of macedon: first king of macedonia, conquered the greek polies. Promoted an invasion to the persian empire, but was assassinated before it even started. Alexander the great (died in 323 bc) : conquered the persians, takes over the mediterranean to avoid an invasion to the homeland. taught by. Invades thebes as an example of his power over the greek. Soon dead after alexander"s deaths: three generals in alexander"s army divide the empire into three sections, antigonus/antigonids: aegean and macedonian throne, seleucus/seleucids: governor of babylon, claimed the persian. Empire: ptolemy/ptolemies: boyhood friend of alexander took egypt and declared himself as the pharaoh. Birth of the roman republic: italian geography. Tiber: river nearest to rome, narrowed enough to be bridged, rome was had first spot inland from the coast.
