Jillian Kurzmann's Blog 3/19/18

Jillian Kurzmann
3/19/18
Honors Western Civilization

Today in class, we finished presentations. We also read pages 142-149 in the textbook. I took notes on the major points to refresh my memory of the main people and events when we lear about them in class.

  • Macedonia- located just north of Greece
    • rough terrain and cold climate
    • The people are looked down upon.
  • King Philip II
  • Demosthenes, the Athenian orator
  • Thebes- a city-state in central Greece
  • Battle of Chaeronea
  • Alexander the Great
    • 20 years-old King
    • He was cruel.
  • Darius III
    • King of Persia
  • Pharaoh- God-king
  • Antigonus
  • Ptolemy
  • Seleucus
  • Hellenistic- blended Egyptian, Greek, Persian, and Indian cultures
  • Alexandria- Egyptian city
  • Aristarchus
  • Eratusthenes
  • Euclid- geometry text used by Eratosthenes and Aristarchus
  • Archimedes
  • Zeno
  • Stoicism
  • Epicurus
  • Colossus of Rhodes- bronze statue that is 100+ feet tall.

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