MACEDONIA
-geo
---rough terrain mountainous
---lived in villages in mountains and vallies
-most of macedonian nobles thought they were greeks
-greeks thought they were barbaric, like the spartans
Changes
-after the war pelopannesian war greek city states were weak
---economy and miliaristicly
Macedonian lieadership
- Philip II was king of macedonia around 360 BC
--only 23 yrs were king
--billiant general
--wnated to restore order in greece
--also to invade persia
--leaded the phalanxes 16 by 16
after they broke thruoght he would sent in the calvery
CONQUET FOR GREECE
-greece needed to build an army
--they couldnt make up there mind
--it was too late and phillip took over alot of greece
- next philip wanted to invade persia
- but he was stabed
- hes som Alexander the Great, proclaimed himself the king of macedonia after his papa died
- ALEXANDER THE GREAT
- taught by aristotle
- spread hellenistic culture
- very smart
- he broke a horse
- when the thebes rebeled he burned down the city and killed 6000 men
- survivors were sold into slavery
- INVASION OF PERSIA
- took 35ooo men to persia
- persians had 40000 men
- alexander attacked first and it was effective
- he defeted the persians
- really allarmed persian king(darius III)
- raised a huge army
- alex was outnumbered, suprise attack, king Darius III fled
yes, he needed to show them were there place was. If he hadent of done that maybe they would have thougt he was not good enought to be king, and rebele even more. So what a few people died, they learned there lesson and greece was still at peace with out any problems from thebes. And he did save the preists from being slaves so thats a good thing.
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