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Hellenistic World
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Undergraduate 3
09/18/2014

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Darius III
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Last ruler of the Persian Empire
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Issus
Definition
Battle in Northwest Syria where Alexander the Great defeated Darius III
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Alexandria
Definition
name of Greek colonies that Alexander the Great established
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Antigonids
Definition
Familed who ruled Macedonia after the death of Alexander the Great
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Ptolemies
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Family that ruled Egypt after Alexander the Great's Death
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Cleopatra
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Queen and pharaoh of Eypt.

Commited suicide in 30 B.C.E.

Last of the Ptolemies

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Seleucids
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Family that ruled Asia after Alexander the Great's death
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Periplus
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Hellenistic travel literature about peoples journeys to strange places and others.
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Parchment
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cured and stretched animal skin used for writing material because of a shortage of papyrus
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Syncertism
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mending of cultures and religions
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Artistole
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established a school of philosophy called Lyceum
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Euclid
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Greek Mathematician wrote a textbook on geometry
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Hippocrates
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The Father of Medicine.

Established Greek medicine.

Believed sickness was not caused by gods but by diet and enviroment.

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