MACEDONIA
- Rough terrain
- Lived in villages
- Considered themselves Greeks
- Greeks disagreed
- City-states became week after the Pelopennesian War
- 360 BC- Phillip II became king
- Brilliant general
- Trained peasants into warriors
- Wanted to invade Persia
- Used Phalanxes tactic. !616 men across by 16 deep
- 256 men worked together for the formation to work
- After this broke he would send in a cavalry to crush the disorganzied opponet
- Phillip took over Greece
- He was unable to invade Persia
- He was stabbed at his daughters wedding by ne of his former gaurdsmen
- His son Alexander proclaimed himself king. Became known as ALEXANDER THE GREAT
Alexander the Great
- Taught by Aristotle
- Wanted to invade Persia
- Marched with 35,000 men to attack Persia
- Persia rushed 40,000 ment to meet him
- Alexander attacked first, very effective, defeated them
- Akarmed the Persian King
HOMEWORK
1) Do you think Alexander should have punished the Thebes so harshly? Why or why not?
State anwer then write at least a paragraph explaining your answer.
I think Phillip gave a little too much punishment. He could have gone easier on them and not kill almost 6,000 of them and ruined their city. Phillip should have taken in the rebellers opinions on his leadership and then he could put them to use to become better. All of the people he killed could have made him stronger and he could build up his army so I think Phillip made am major mistake.
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