macadonia had a very rough terrain and a cold climate. the people lived mostly in mountain villages. most of the macedonians nobles reffered to themselves as greek. once again the greeks thought that the macedonians were barbaric. after the pelopennesian war several greek city states were very week. phillip the II was the king of macedonian around 360 B.C. only 23 when he became king/ his dream was to take over Greece and avenge the persian invasion of greece in 480 B.C.
phillips tactics-
phillip organized jis army into phalaxes of 16 men across by 16 men deep.
an athenian orator named demosthenes tried to warn the greeks of the threat of phillip and told them to prepare and army.
phillip wanted to invade persia
at his daughters wedding phillip was stabbed to death by a one of his former guards men. his son alex proclaimed himself the kings of macedonia and he was later known as alexander the great.
ALexander the great- was taught by aristotle. spread hellenistic culture very intellectua kept a copy of the lliad under his bed.
alexander was now ready to invade persia now that greece was secure. the victory alarmed the persian kng Darius the III. his respones was to raise a huge army ranging between 50,000 to 75,000. after two major battles lost darius the III was ready to give up so land in hopes that alexander would stop his conquest.
alexander was welcomed into eypt as a liberator even though egypt was a persian territory. was even crowned pharaoh.
alexander still wanted to kill darius the II he thought he was a sissy. this pursuit made hiim a great conquerd but bad at governing the land he conquered.
many thought that once darius was dead alexander might stop the conquest they were wrong. he invaded certain areas of india
alexanders troops had been fighting for a very long time and traveled very far
- had fought for 11 years
- had marched 11,000 miles
- in bad conditions deserts and monsoon rain.
when alexander had reached babylon he announces that he wants to unite his empire by building new cities and roads. he became seriously ill and died at age 32.
married a persian princess. some of his generals fought over who was getting the empire power
eventually the 3 generals of alexander got control of his conquered land.
Antigonus became the king of macedonia.
ptolemy seized egypt took the title of pharaoh
seleicid got control over the old persian empire
i think Alexander the great was just a barbaric person.
he took over a lot of land and killed lots of people and destroyed towns. he wouldnt give up til he got alot land and he wanted to kill people who gave up the fight. he was mean but power full.
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