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Chapter 4 Section 5
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alexander the Great | architect of this new era |
| Phillip II | gained the throne in 359 BC, and built a powerful army and eventually brought all of Greece under his control |
| assassination | murder of a public figure, usually for political reasons |
| Assimilate | absorb |
| Alexandria | an ancient Hellenistic city in Egypt |
| Pythagoras | derived a formula to calculate the relationship between the sides of a triangle |
| Heliocentric | sun-centered |
| Archimedes | scientist who applied the principles of physics to make practical inventions |
| Hippocrates | Greek Physician who studied the causes of illnesses and looked for cures |