Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Macedonia or Macedon was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, and later the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece. The kingdom was founded and initially ruled by the royal Argead dynasty, which was followed by the Antipatrid and Antigonid dynasties. Home to the ancient Macedonians, the earliest kingdom was centered on the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula, and bordered by Epirus to the west, Paeonia to the north, Thrace to the east and Thessaly to the south.

Before the 4th century BC, Macedonia was a small kingdom outside of the area dominated by the great city-states of Athens, Sparta, and Thebes, and briefly subordinate to Achaemenid Persia. During the reign of the Argead king PhilipII (359336 BC), Macedonia subdued mainland Greece and Thrace through conquest and diplomacy. With a reformed army containing phalanxes wielding the "sarissa" pike, PhilipII defeated the old powers of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea in 338BC; Sparta was occupied a century later by Antigonus III Doson. PhilipII's son Alexander the Great, leading a federation of Greek states, accomplished his father's objective of commanding the whole of Greece when he destroyed Thebes after the city revolted. During Alexander's subsequent campaign of conquest, he overthrew the Achaemenid Empire and conquered territory that stretched as far as the Indus River. For a brief period, his Macedonian empire was the most powerful in the worldthe definitive Hellenistic state, inaugurating the transition to a new period of Ancient Greek civilization. Greek arts and literature flourished in the new conquered lands and advances in philosophy, engineering, and science spread throughout much of the ancient world. Of particular importance were the contributions of Aristotle, tutor to Alexander, whose writings became a keystone of Western philosophy.

1. what was the anicent kingdom
2. Was it in Greece?
3. Who borders this area?
4. who dominated this area?
5. what about when PhilipII was king?
6. what did Alexander the Great lead?
7. did it have any significant in Anicent Greek?
8. What does Aristotle have to do with Alexander?
9. for what?
10. who overthrew the Achaemendid empire?

Numbered answers:
1. Macedonia or Macedon
2. Yes
3. Epirus and Paeonia
4. great city-states of Athens, Sparta, and Thebes,
5. Macedonia subdued mainland Greece and Thrace
6. a federation of Greek states
7. it inaugurated the transition to a new period of Ancient Greek civilization.
8. He was his tutor
9. Western philosophy.
10. Alexander