Alexander's campaigns, successors, Ptolemies and Seleucids, science and philosophy of the era.
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- In what year was Alexander the Great born?
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356 BCE- In what year did Alexander the Great die?
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323 BCE- Who was Alexander the Great's primary tutor?
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Aristotle- Who was Alexander the Great's father?
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Philip II of Macedon- What was Alexander's decisive victory over Darius III in 331 BCE called?
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Battle of Gaugamela- Who became the first Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt after Alexander's death?
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Ptolemy I Soter- Who founded the Seleucid Empire in the eastern territories?
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Seleucus I Nicator- What term describes Alexander's generals who fought over his empire?
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The Diadochi- Who founded the Antigonid dynasty controlling Macedonia?
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Antigonus the One-Eyed- What were the three major Hellenistic kingdoms after Alexander?
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Seleucid, Ptolemaic, and Antigonid- What was the capital of the Seleucid Empire?
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Antioch- What was the capital of Ptolemaic Egypt?
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Alexandria- What common dialect of Greek spread throughout the Hellenistic world?
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Koine Greek- What is Hellenization?
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The spread of Greek culture and language in conquered territories- Who founded Stoicism as a philosophical school?
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Zeno of Citium
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