notes:
Macedonia
Had rough terrain and a cold climate.
People lived in mountian village instead of city-states
Most of the Macedonian nobles refferred to themselves as Greeks.
Greeks treated them like Spartans
After the Peloponnesian War several Greek city-states were very weak(economically and militaristically)
Macedonia took advantage of this
Macedonian Leadership
Phillip II was the king of Macedonia around 360 BC
Only 23 when he took over
brilliant general
was able to train peasants into warriors
His goal was to avenge the Persian invasions
Invade Persia
Tactics- 16 by 16
256 men had to work together to pick off the enemies who were fleeing or disorganized
Conquest for Greece
An Athenian orator named Demosthenes thried to warn the Greeks of the threat of Phillip and told them to prepare an army
Greece couldn't unit
Athens and Thebes decided to fight, was too late
Greek independence was lost to King Phillip of Macedonia
New leader
Phillip planned to invade Persia
His son Alexander(the great) proclaimed himself king at age 20
Alexander was taught by Aristotle
Very intellectual
City of Thebes rebeled, He killed 6,000 men and burned their city
Survivors were sold into slavery
Invasion of Persia
Alexander was now ready to invade Persia now that the Greece was secure.
Alexander marched with 35,000 men to attack Persia
Persian rushed 40000 men to meet him at Anatolia
He defeated the Persians with his Calvary
Alarmed the Persian King, Darius III
His response was to raise a huge army ranging between 50,000 to 75,000
Told his best soldiers to go for the king, once they did it was chaos, and They defeated the Persians by them fleeing
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