Alexander the GreatVideo follow along

Tell me what you know about the Greeks:Topography:

Different City States/Peloponnesian war

Persian Empire:

Just follow along with the video to understand how this 26-year-old Macedonian king creates one of the most memorable empires.

1. Who was his dad? _________________ of Macedon.

2. What did Philip do to the Greek “fiercely" independent city states”?

3. Why does Philip want to punish the Persian Empire…what did they do to Greece 150 years earlier?

4. Who does Phillip get to teach his son Alexander how to reason and think ahead?

4b. What epic poem that Mr. Lyons has a copy of in the classroom that Alexander reads and loves? (what’s the lesson?)

4c. Who is the main character in it, and what lesson does it teach Alexander?

5. What happens to Philip?

6. How old is Alexander when he becomes king?

7. What does he take from Achilles’s tomb for good luck?

8. What is the name of the king/emperor of Persia?

9. What kind of military formation does Alexander use?

10. What ancient civilization, which is 2000 years old, does Alexander unite with Greece?

11. What do the Egyptians do to Alexander?

Phil

αληθής

παίχτης

I’m gonna cut ya three ways…

Ow.

It’s like Lenin said, you look for the person who will benefit…And, uh you know, you’ll uh…

You know what I mean.

12. What is the name of the city that he builds?

13. What is Alexander’s strategy to win at Gaugamela?

14. How much gold, in today’s terms does Alexander get from The Persian Empire?

15. What does Alexander do the city of Persepolis, in revenge for what?

16. So the Greeks have the Nile, Tigris, and Euphrates, which one is next? 17. We theorize that Alexander gets sick and dies from what?...

18. OFFICERS: “Whom shall you give the ___________________ to?”

19. ALEXANDER: “The ____________________”

Alexander the Great Post Game Show20. What happened to the Empire that Alexander built?(clue if Alexander not around to hold the empire together what do you think will happens to it?

21.The blending of Greek/Egyptian/Persian/Indian Culture into one is called ______________________ culture.

Back to the 7 th Bs for the Jewish people! 22. Alexander is _________________________. (he was cool to the Jewish people and what they wanted)23. The _______________ who took over a part of Alex’s Empire was ______ __________.The Greeks terrorize the Jewish people and _________ the temple.24. So the Jewish people do what they have always done, when people take over their “____________” land…they revolted.25. The Jewish people fight ___________ and throw the ________out of their land!!!!!26. The Jewsih leaders have to clean up and ___________________ the temple.27. There is only enough ________ to light the ___________ for _________ day.28. _______________!!!! But it lasts ______________!29. And that’s where you get the Jewish feast of ______________/____________ from, and the cool lookin _____________ with 9 candles. The regular day to day one has 7.

“crown, him crown him”

I told you this story does not end…ever.

glue

Enter:

The jerks…