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8.3 World History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Hellenistic Era | A time when greek ideas spread to the non-greek people |
| Legacy | What a person leaves behind when he or she dies |
| Alexander The Great | Became king a Macedonia at age 20 |
| ALexandria | Founded by Alexander in Egypt |
| Philip II | Macedonian admirer of Greek ideas who planned to conquer Persia |
| Demosthenes | Public speaker who said that the Macedonian king Philip II was considered a threat to Greek freedom |
| Granicus | Alexander and his army of 40,000 Greek and Macedonian soldiers defeated the Persians in this battle |
| Darius III | Alexander’s main enemy, the king of the Persians |
| After his death, Alexander’s empire fell apart because | His generals divided up the empire |
| In Hellenistic kingdoms, government business was conducted in this language | Greek |