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History Vocabulary

Macedonia - Macedonia had one of the earliest semi-representative governments in Western Civilization . Its heyday was from 359 to 323 B .C (Lendering 2008

Ptolemies - The first Ptolemy was a bodyguard of Alexander the Great given jurisdiction over Egypt after Alexander 's death . His line reigned from around 306 to 201 B .C (Klein 2002 ) Archimedes - He was a scientist , mathematician and inventor who lived from 287 to 212 B .C (Bell 1937

Philip II - From 359 to 355 B .C . he unified Macedonia . He was the father of Alexander the Great (Untereker , Kossut

and Kelsey 1996

Cleopatra VII - Cleopatra VII ruled Egypt from 51 to 30 b .c . and was the last of the Ptolemies (Minnesota State University n .d

Epicureanism - The Epicureans believed that everything in life was material . They aimed to the obtain pleasure , by limiting fears and desires (O 'Keefe 2006

The Phillipics - These were fourteen speeches given by Cicero against Marc Antony in the 4th century B .C , just after the death of Julius Caesar (Ramsey 2003

The Selucids- They reigned from 312 to 60 B .C . They ruled over the area from Afghanistan to the Agean Sea (Mitchell 1994

Stoicism - They believed that the way to live a good life was to live according to the laws of nature (Baltzly 2008

Battle of Chaeronea - This was the 338 B .C . battle in which Philip of Macedon took over the Greek city states and put them under his semi-limited monarchy (Hallsall 1998

Antigonids - They were the line from which Phillip of Macedon and Alexander the Great descended . Their reign over the Macedonian (and later Greek ) lands lasted from 306 to 168 B .C (Baronowski 2003

Mystery Cults - The Mystery cults were religions , centered around secret rituals and rites . These became wide spread during the 2nd century B .C (Imber n .d

Hellenistic - Traits that are Greek are called Hellenistic (Rempel 2000

Gymnasium - A gymnasium was a Greek training facility for men interested in sports , socialization and learning (Greenhalgh n .d

Cult of Isis - The Cult of Isis reenacted the resurrection of Osirus . It was created to unite Greeks and Egyptians after Alexander the Great conquered Egypt (Baer 2003

Alexander the Great - He lived from 356 to 323 B .C . He unified Greece and Macedonia and ruled over and Hellenized Egypt most of the Eastern Mediterranean (Macedonia .org 2000

Polybius - He was was a Greek historian who lived from around 203 b .c to 120 B .C . He attempted to document Rome 's rise to power (The Columbia Encyclopedia : Sixth Edition . 2007

Judas Maccabaeus - After his father 's death , he commanded the armies of the Jews from 167 to 161 B .C . He restored and rededicated the Jewish temple (Driscoll 1910

The Battles of Issues and Gaugamela - These were two battles in which Alexander the Great defeated Darius III of Persia . The Battle of Issus was fought in 333 B .C , while the battle of Gugamela was fought in 331 B .C (Knox E .A . 2006

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