9/18/12

Macedonia:
Geo:
Rough terrain and a cold climate.
People lived in mostly in mountain villages instead of the city-states like Athens had.
Not seeing eye to eye:
Macedonia nobles referred to themselves as Greeks
Greeks thought that the Macedonians were barbaric and not as civilized as the Greeks
Greeks treated the Spartans same way
Changes:
After the Peloponnesian War several Greek city-states were very weak Economically and Military wise.
Macedonia prayed on the weak civilizations
Leadership:
Phillip II was the king of Macedonia around 360BC
-only 23 would he became King
-smart general
-trained peasants into warriors
-dream to take over Greece and avenge the Persian Invasion of Greece 480 BC
Tactics:
organized his army into phalanxes of 16 men across by 16 men deep
All 256 men had to work together for it to work
After the phalanx had broke through the enemy's line he would send the cavalry
Conquest for Greece:
Athenian orator named Demosthenes tried to warn the Greeks of the threat of Phillip and told them to prepare an army
Greek lost its independence to King Phillip of Macedonia because they couldn't respond in time
New Leader:
Next Phillip was to invade Persia but he was stabbed to death at his daughters wedding by a former guardsman
His son(Alexander The Great) proclaimed himself king
Alexander the Great:
taught by Aristotle
Spread Hellenistic Culture
Very Smart
Wanted to show his power early, when there was a small revolt in Thebes he destroyed their city and took 6,000 lives.

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