The Achaemenids and Alexander the Great

King Phillip II of Macedonia, one of the northern Greek city

states, brought a famous philosopher named

Alexander

became king at the age of

The Achaemenids were a dynasty of the

early Persian Empire founded by a king

called

Alexander died in 323 BCE of

Greek culture mixed with

other cultures to become something Greek-like but with

elements of other cultures including Persian, Indian, and

Egyptian mixed in. This

is called_____ culture

The ____ was a group of soldiers

who fought close to each other using long spears, called

pikes.

Alexander was

an experienced _______