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Warm Up. Copy HW Grab your white packet, skip the first two pages and rip out the next three about Alexander the Great Leave the packet neatly on the bottom shelf Make them pages 39,40 and 41 of your notebook
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Warm Up • Copy HW • Grab your white packet, skip the first two pages and rip out the next three about Alexander the Great • Leave the packet neatly on the bottom shelf • Make them pages 39,40 and 41of your notebook • Grab a Red textbook and read page 313 and complete the preview section of your new page 39
Essential Questions • How do culture and technology reflect values? • How can societies use what they have learned from the past? • What happens when different cultures interact with one another?
Timeline • 404 B.C.E. • Sparta wins the Pelp.War • 338 B.C.E. • King Philip had conquered most of the Greek mainland • 336 B.C.E. • Alexander takes the thrown • 334 B.C.E • Teamwork
Alexander Spread Greek Ideas! • Built cities w/ Greek architectural style • Government officials had to speak Greek • Temples devoted to the Greek gods • Promoted education, fitness and the theater
Religion helped unite the empire! • Honored gods of all the lands he conquered • Visited the oracles to show respect to the gods • Promoted himself as a god
Alexander showed respect to other cultures by adopting some of their customs. • Allowed Persians to continue their type of government • Used Persian greeting and even dressed like a Persian King • Encourage inter culture marriages
Why did Alexander’s empire fall? • After he died in 323 B.C.E…. Settlers left his cities Cities fell into ruin His general fought for control His land was divided into 3 kingdoms Greek power faded, but their culture lived on!!!!