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Conway Conway: Link: [|The Phoenicians Alphabet]  The Phoenician’s greatest legacy was their hugely developed language that spread all over the ancient world with a new alphabet which used letters that resembled sounds from the mouth instead of the symbols that resembled objects or things. These symbol using languages were very common in the ancient world including Egypt and even China. With this new language that was much easier to learn and understand, the Phoenicians were able to communicate with other civilizations better because many more people used it. This language carried over into today’s world were many other civilizations use letter related languages instead of symbolic using languages, because you don’t have to learn a symbol for everything in the world.

Conway: The Phoenician’s greatest legacy was their hugely developed language that spread all over the ancient world with a new alphabet which used letters that resembled sounds from the mouth instead of the symbols that resembled objects or things. These symbol using languages were very common in the ancient world including Egypt and even China. They used this new system of writing because it was much easier to learn and understand. The Phoenicians were able to communicate with other civilizations better because many more people used it. This was important because they could trade and gain friendly relations with other societies if they both understood each other. This language carried over into today’s world were many other civilizations use letter related languages instead of symbolic using languages, because you don’t have to learn a symbol for everything in the world. Conway: 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great 2. http://1stmuse.com/frames/ 3. http://faq.macedonia.org/history/alexander.the.great.html Alexander the Great conquered almost the entire ancient world within the 13 years that he lived after gaining control of the Macedonian empire after the death of his father. King Philip conquered the city states of Greece before his assassination. He left his son, Alexander, with a huge empire and the genes to conquer the world. Alexander was able conquer the Persian Empire and the other Mesopotamian nations within a few small years. After that, you might think that controlling most of the ancient world you might retire from the world of war, but no, Alex the Great went on to try to conquer India. But, the Macedonian soldiers were too tired. They had not wanted to attack any more. The soldiers wanted to go back home after 13 years of fighting, and they did. However, sadly, Alexander the Great became ill on the homeward journey, and died.

http://www.ancientmacedonia.com/AlexandertheGreat.html
 * King Philip actually set up the Macedonian Army before he was assasinated and left Alexander with the army.


 * There is no author in the wikipedia page* which means there is no authority*
 * * Also really shouldnt use wikipedia because its not accurate because it can be edited with random people who write stuff*

Conway http://ancienthistory.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext%3Flookup=Thuc.%2B1.1.1 The Peloponnesian War was very different from the wars that preceded it for a few reasons. First, the entire mainland or Greece was involved in the war and every citizen directly or indirectly was affected. Thucydides sated in his documentary about the war that the war was greater than any that had come before for the very reason I listed. Not only was the entire Peloponnesian peninsula involved, but also the rest of the ancient war. This contributed to the spreading of Greek culture and also quarrels and wars among many other civilizations in the ancient world.

Conway: http://faq.macedonia.org/history/alexander.the.great.html

Alexander the Great was a man of great wonders. He was considered to be the best military genius of his time. When Alexander was 13, his mother hired [|Aristotle], a Greek professor, to teach him. A few years later his parents were divorsed and Alexander ran away from home. but when he was 20, Alexanders father was killed and he ascended to the throne of Macedonia. by the time he was 23, he had conquered all of the middle east except persia. he moved to the Persian empire and defeated the greatest empire of the time in three years. after Persia was out of the way, Alexander now controlled 2/3 of the ancient world. He then moved on to attack [|India]. of few months into the war, the Macedonian army returned towards [|Macedonia]. Not because they had been defeated, but because they were tired of fighting. Alexander died of an unknown illness at 32 on the way home.

Conway:
 * 1) why did the government not like Socrates teachings? Why did he not plead for mercy
 * 2) Why where Women not aloud to vote in the Greek democratic world
 * 3) Why were the the Greeks the first to come up with the Democratic form of Government