list of what to read for the test
need to read items 1 and 2 before the test and know it well
know 3 for tuesday
know 4 for thursday or so
the study guide is also on angel
there will be no essay for the first test
reading in the textbook is fair game for the test
20-25 multiple choice questions

macedon/macedonia rising to power, viewed as barbarians by the greeks
philip of macedon 382-336BC
	consolidated macedon
	improved phalanx by using cavalry and forcing all soldiers to have crew cuts
	improved cavalry
	longer, double tipped spears
	better discipline
	greece still reeling from pelop war
	invaded greece in 339BC
	battle of chaeronea on 2 august 338BC
	son was alexander the great
	was assassinated
alexander the great 356-323BC
	accompanied in the invasion of greece
	took throne after his father's assassination
	decided to follow his father's footsteps and take out the persians
	granicus river 334BC - defeated small persian army and moved into asia minor
	gordian knot - huge knot to be untangled, he cut it in half
	issus 333BC - defeated persian army
	gaugamela 331BC - persian army 200K, alex - 50K, alex still won
		ran his cavalry off to the side, phalanxes avoided chariots, darius's cavalry attacked other things behind the main army, created a gap, alex ran cavalry into gap
	alexander was usually outnumbered, but always won, more discipline, armored
	darius III assassinated soon after
	burned persepolis
	enters india in 327BC
	death in 323BC
	legacy
		4 kingdoms emerged
		antigonoid monarchy - macedonia
		seleucid monarchy - syria an deast
		pergamene monarchy - western asia minor
		ptolemaic monarchy - egypt
	new cities called alexandria, tons of them
	
greek legacy
	democracy
	man-centered philosophy and politics
	rationalism
	drama, philosophy, literature, math, medicine, geometry, astronomy
	architecture
	western warfare
	greek language
	oriental absolutism
	foundation of scientific resolution