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Alexander the great became very ill and past away. After death he was placed in a golden coffin and later it was replaced by a glass coffin. His empire also fell apart.
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Alexander the Great came to power in 336BC Alexander the Great conquered the Persian Empire. With Greece under control Alexander used his fathers plan to attack the Persian Empire.
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The Parthenon was constructed by a man named Pericles. It was dedicated to Athens. There were 8 10.43m pillars across the front and back, and 15 10.43m pillars across the sides. Inside was a 13m statue of Athena goddess of warfare.
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Hippocrates was a well known physician who practised medicine on the Greek island of cos. he is also a well known as the farther of medicine.
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Socrates was one of the most original influential controversial figures in ancient Greek philosophy. He was also a teacher.
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In summer 776BC the most famous hero of Greece Heracles founded the Olympic Games in honour of his farther Zeus. They were open to all men across the Greek world.
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The Trojan War was a fight were ancient Greece defeated the city of troy. According to ancient Greek myths the war resulted from an incident at the wedding feast of the king of Pthia and a sea goddess.
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Pythagoras was a very smart man he was a mathematician and philosopher he became famous for formulating the Pythagorean Theorem but its principles were known earlier.