Hellenistic Era Vocabulary

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unit of soldier who ride horses

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cavalry

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a plan for fighting a battle or war

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strategy

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Who claimed control of and improved the Persian Empire? Options: cavalry, strategy, Darius I, Persian Wars

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Darius I

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a series of wars between Persia and Greece

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Persian Wars

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son of Darius, Emperor of Persia during one of the Persian Wars

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Xerxes I

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an agreement to work together

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alliance

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king of Macedonia that took over Greece in the 360s BC

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Philip II

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a group of warriors who stood close together in a square

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Phalanx

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son of Philip II, built a vast empire

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Alexander the Great

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Greek-like

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Hellenistic