Macedonia-
rough terrain and cold climate people lived in towns more than people did in Athens
most Macedonian nobles thought that they were Greeks but Greeks thought they were barbarians after the Peloponnesian war Greek city-states were left very weak.
Phillip II 23 when he became king smart was able to train peasants into warriors he wanted to takes over Greece, and also wanted to invade Persia.
used phalanxes 16X16 256 men had to work together in order to break enemy lines
an Athenian orator tried to warn the Greeks of the threat of Phillip but its was to late king Phillip took over Greece
king Phillip dies and his son alexander the great is the new king
Alexander the great was a student of Aristotle
spead Hellenistic culture
very intellectual kept a copy of the Iliad under his pillow
then he wanted the invade persia he had 35,000 Persians had 40,000 troops and alex brought the calvery in 1st and caught them off guard and the Persians fled
darius 3 of persia brought 75,000 men and Alexander the great went stright for the king
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