ALEXANDER THE GREAT AND THE HELLENISTIC AGE

POTENTIAL EXAM QUESTION:

Philip of Macedon and his son Alexander both deserve the title "the Great."  Comment.

POTENTIAL ID'S:

PHILIP OF MACEDON, CHAERONEA, ALEXANDER THE GREAT, GRANICUS, ISUS, GAUGAMELA, ROXANNE, HELLENISTIC AGE, OECUMENE, KOINE, DIOGENES, STOICISM, EPICUREANISM, EUCLID, ARCHIMEDES
 

 I.  Review of Philip's achievements

II.  Alexander
     A.  Personal characteristics
     B.  Securing kingdom
     C.  Conquest of Persia
     D.  Achievements

III.  Hellenistic Age
     A.  Philosophy
        1.  Cynics
        2.  Stoics
        3.  Epicureans
     B.  Science
        1.  Euclid
        2.  Apollonius of Perga
        3.  Aristarchus of Samos
        4.  Eratosthenes
        5.  Archimedes
    C.  Art