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Ruler of Greece
4th Century BC
Tutor was Aristotle
Conqured Most of the Ancient World - Greece to India
Before Conquests, He Cut the Gordian Knot
Founded the City of Alexandria, which became a Great Center of Learning in Egypt |
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City founded by Roman emperor Constantine The Great. Later became the capital of the Byzantine Empire. Conquered by Turkish forces in the 15th century.
Currently Istanbul, it is the largest city in Turkey. |
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| Polish scholar of the 16th century who argued that the Earth moved about the Sun. |
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Series of wars faught by European kings and warriors from the late 11th through the 13th centuries fought over the Holy Land where Jesus lived. Conqured Jerusalem in 1099AD.
Exposed Europeans to Asian goods.
These left a legacy of bitterness against the Europeans and Christians among the Muslims. |
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| A term applied to the first few centuries after the fall of Rome. The term suggests ignorance and barbarism, but forces of culture and enlightenment did exist. |
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| 5th century. Two main events, 1. City of Rome was plundered by the Vandals tribe. 2. Abdication of the last Roman emperor, Romulus Augustulus, in 476 |
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