Peace:
-after two major battles lost, darius III was ready to give up some land in hopes that alexander would stop his conquest
-the Macedonian advisors to alexander told him to take the offer, but alexander refused
-alexanders goal was to conquer all of the persian empire
Alexander in Egypt:
-alexander was welcomed into egypt as a liberator even though egypt was a persian territory
-was even crowned a pharoah
-alexander named a city, alexandria after himself, very common for him to do
continueing conquest:
-alexander still wanted to kill king darius III of persia so he pursued him
-this pursuit him a great conquered but bad at governing the land he conquered
-he eventually found king darius, dead, one of his own men had killed him
Are we there yet?
-Many thought that once Darius was dead alexander might stop the conquest,they were wrong
-he invaded certain areas of india and successful defeat them there as well
-only problem alexander struggled with was the low morale of his army
Low Morale:
-alexanders troops had been fightin gfor a very long time and traveled very far:
-had fought for 11 years
-had marched 11,000 miles
-in bad conditions, deserts, and even monsson rains
-very disappointed,alexander agreed to return home
Governor:
-when alexander had reached babylon, he announces that he want to unite his empire by building new cities, roads and harbors and conquer arabia
-what happens after big promises or vows in this time era
-he became seriously ill with feer and died at the age of 32
Legacy:
-married a persian princess
-he even wore persian dress and presided over a mass marriage of 80 of his men to Persian women
-very interesting cultural impact-spreading helenistic culture
-at the time of his death, alexander had conquered a vas amount of land
-generals fought over who got the power of the empire
Generals:
-eventually these three generals of alexander got control of his conqured land
-antigonous became the king of macedonia and took control of the greek city-states
-ptolemy seized egypt, took the title fo pharoah, and began a dynasty
-seleucid got control over the old persian empire. he didn't take the democratic approach with him, the rulers had all the power not the people
Blog:
I think Alexander the Great wasn't that special. During his time of being leader, he killed a lot of people for no apparent reason other than to kill and to show people he was boss. He was very power hungary and only cared about what he was getting out of it. I don't think it was necessary for him to invade Persia once King Darius was dead. Invading Persia showed how power hungry he was.I think he deserved to eventually die.
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