Alexander the Great and Hellenistic Era - WARD

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What was the result of Alexander the Great’s conquests?

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Greek language, art, architecture, and literature spread throughout Southwest Asia.

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What did the astronomer Eratosthenes determine?

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Earth is round and calculated its circumference to be relatively close to the actual figure.

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According to the philosophy of Stoicism, what is the key to happiness?

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Happiness could only be found when people gained inner peace by living in harmony with the will of God.

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According to the philosophy of Epicurus, what was the goal of life?

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Happiness was the goal of life and could be achieved through the pursuit of pleasure.

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What era did the conquests of Alexander the Great create?

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Hellenistic Era, an age that saw the expansion of the Greek language and Greek ideas to the non-Greek world.

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What BEGAN the Peloponnesian Wars?

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Sparta formed an alliance and attacked Athens

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What was the outcome of the Peloponnesian Wars?

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Greek city-states were divided & weak

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Greek religion was ___

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Polytheistic

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Who created the first sun-centered theory of the universe?

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Aristarchus

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What famous mathematician of the Hellenistic Era described plane geometry in his book titled "Elements"?

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Euclid