Chapter 9 Lesson 4

 Describe the events that led to the rise of Alexander the Great’s Empire.  Explain how Greek culture spread during and after Alexander’s rule.

 Hellenistic Age – Greeklike age  Multicultural – a city with many cultures

 Phillip II of Macedonia united his people and conquered Greece  All the major Greek city-states except Sparta joined Phillip’s League of Corinth

 Alexander set out to conquer Persia and the rest of the known world  By 331 BC he ruled a huge empire, throughout which he spread Greek culture and introduced the Greek language

 After Alexander’s death in 323 BC his empire broke into separate kingdoms  They were often in conflict with each other  Alexander’s influence, however, lasted for nearly 300 years after his death

 Alexandria, Egypt became a new center of culture and learning  Many scholars and scientists worked at a center for learning called the Museum, next to the world’s largest library

 Hellenistic culture flourished in all parts of Alexander’s former empire  In Alexandria, texts from different cultures were translated into Greek so they could be shared with Greek scholars

 The Greek city-states fell to Phillip II, the king of Macedonia  His son Alexander went on to build the largest empire the world had known  Through his conquests, Alexander spread Greek culture  When he died, his empire broke up, but Greek culture lived on throughout parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa

 How did Phillip of Macedonia end the independence of the Greek city-states? ◦ He conquered and united them under his rule  How was Alexander’s plan similar to his father’s plan? ◦ Both planned to conquer the Persians  What caused Alexander to stop conquering more of India? ◦ His soldiers refused to go on  What enduring contributions did Euclid and Hypatia make to learning? ◦ Euclid advanced geometry, and Hypatia headed a school, developed theories in mathematics, and invented tools for measuring the properties of water  What caused the spread of Greek culture in the Hellenistic Age? ◦ The new kings continued to spread Greek culture throughout the former empire