Alexander the Great

Alexander the great was the king of what? What did he conquer? King of Macedonia and conquered the Persian Empire.

Where was Alexander born? Pella, Macedonia

He was the son of who? Phillip II and Olympias.

Who taught Alexander? Aristotle

How did Alexander become King? Phillip was assassinated and he ascended to the throne. And he executed his enemies.

How did Alexander begin his war against Persia? Crossed the Hellespont with 35,000 Macedonian and Greek troops.

Who were his chief officers? Antigonus, Ptolemy, and Seleucus.

He attacked 40,000 Persian and Greek hopolites and only lost 110 men at what river? Granicus

Alexander defeated the main Persian army controlled by King Darius II at what battle? Battle of Issus

King Darius II fled and left his family. What did Alexander do? Treated them with respect due to their royalty.

Alexander founded what city to become the literary, scientific, and commercial center of the ancient world? Alexandria

Alexander made a pilgrimage to the great temple and oracle of Amon-Re to acknowledge what? Him as a God. Which the oracle did

Alexander reorganized his army and headed where? Babylon

Alexander crossed the two rivers to get to what battle? Battle of Guagamela

Alexander completely defeated the Persians (1mil) at what battle? Guagamela

Darius fled like Isus and what happened? Killed by his own generals.

Alexander marched to what city? Capital of Persia. Persepolis

What did he do to Persepolis? Burned it while drunk

Alexnader crossed the Indus river and invaded what region of India? Punjab

After invading Punjab Alexander wanted to go where? But his soldiers rebelled.

China

Alexander returned overland to Persia but many of his troops died from? Shortage of food and water.

Alexander was known to be? Generous, but cruel when politics demanded, and alcoholic.

How did he die? Malaria

He made many cities in good locations and extended the influence of Greek and prepared what? Hellenistic period

Aristotle tutored Alexander in Macedonia

He returned to Athens and created his own university named what? Lyceum (rivials to platos)

Macedonian governors were overthrown why? Alexander died

Aristotle was charged with what? Impiety (cause pro-macedonian)

Aristotle obsessively studied what? The natural world (flora and fauna observations. Plants and animals)

This studding of the natural world formed what? Taxonomy

Believed the truest way to arrive at knowledge was through what? Senses

Idea to attain knowledge through empirical observations is? Empiricism  

Aristotle first to formalize logic. This was syllogism. Ex. Socrates is a man. All men are mortal. Socrates must be mortal.

Aristotle rejected platos what? Theory of forms