________ had no slave class in the countryside, nor was there much domestic slavery outside Alexandria.
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Philip
Demosthenes delivered a series of orations, known as the Philippics, in which he portrayed ________ as ruthless, deceitful, treacherous, and barbaric and called on the Athenians to oppose him.
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Macedonia
In ________, a pattern of alliances between mothers and sons provided openings for women to take an active role in politics, especially in political intrigue.
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Alexandria
________** had cults of the traditional Greek gods, Egyptian deities such as Isis and Horus, the Babylonian Astarte, and the Syrian Atargatis.
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Isis
________ was also portrayed as the giver of civilization who had brought laws and letters to all humankind.
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Macedonian phalanx
The ________ was supported by strong cavalry contingents that helped to break the opposing line of battle and create disorder in the enemys ranks.
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Archimedes
________ was especially important for his work on the geometry of spheres and cylinders, for establishing the value of the mathematical constant pi, and for creating the science of hydrostatics.
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Egypt
The Ptolemies in ________ made Alexandria an especially important cultural center.
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Archimedes
________ was also a practical inventor.
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The Macedonians
Unlike the Greeks, ________ were mostly rural folk and were organized in tribes, not city-states.
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Demosthenes
________ delivered a series of orations, known as the Philippics, in which he portrayed Philip as ruthless, deceitful, treacherous, and barbaric and called on the Athenians to oppose him.
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Antigonid Kingdom of Macedonia
The united empire that Alexander created by his conquests disintegrated after his death.
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Asia Minor
Other groups of Celts later attacked ________, where Attalus I bested them in 230 B.C.
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Sparta
In ________, women were allowed to own land and manage their own economic affairs.
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Thracians and Syrians
Although slaves came from everywhere, ________ were the most numerous.
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Hellenistic
Although the ________ kingdoms encompassed vast areas and many diverse peoples, the Greeks provided a sense of unity as a result of the diffusion of Greek culture throughout the ________ world.
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Ptolemies in Egypt
The ________ made Alexandria an especially important cultural center.
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Hellenistic era
The ________ witnessed a more conscious separation of science from philosophy.
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Epicureanism
Among educated Greeks, the philosophies of ________ and especially Stoicism offered help. Another source of solace came in the form of mystery religions.
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