Macedonia
- rough terrain, cold climate
- mountain village instead of citystates
- Macedonians referred to themselves as greeks
- greeks saw macedonians as barbaric and uncivilized (like Sparta)
- After Peloponissian war Greek City-States were weak economically and militaristically
- when there is weakness someone is always there to take advantage of it... in this case Macedonia
- Philip II king of macedonia around 360B.C.
- Great Leader
- 2 main goals
- Restore Order
- Invade Persia
- Phalanxes 16 x 16
- all 256 had t work together
- Cavalry to crush the enemy
- Demothenes warned Greeks
- Not always united
- Athens And Thebes
- too late
- Greece lost
- Stabbed to death
- Alexander The Great
- Taught by Aristotle
- Hellenistic
- Intellectual
- Wanted to show power
- Crushed Rebellion
- Survivors sold into slavery except for priests
- should alexander have punished thebes so harshly?
- Marched to persia
- Cavalry First = Super Effective!!
- Persians lose.. (HaHa)
- 35,000 Men against 40,000 persians
- Darius III
- Go straight for the king.
- Chaos
- Persian Death
- Get some Persian land or take all of it? guess which one Alexander chose (Hint it wasn't the first option)
- Conquer All the Land!!!
- Crowned Pharoh in Egypt
- Alexandria
- Kill Darius!!!
- Bad At governing
- King Darius killed by one of his own men
- Leave The Rest of the Persians alone? Nah... Kill Them All!!!!
- Successful in India
- Low Morale...
- Alexander Agreed to go home
- 11 years 11,000 miles
- Bad Weather conditions
- Babylon
- Unite Empires
- Seriously Ill and died at Age 32
- Hellenistic
- Persian Princess
- Mass Marriage
- Lots Of Land
- 3 fighting Generals
- 3 different Continents
- Antigonus - Macedonia & greece
- Ptolemy - Egypt... Pharaoh
- Seleucid - Persia... not democratic
Opinion of Alexander The Great
I feel that although his methods were barbaric, he was a great general and had a good grip on strategy. He may have been a tiny bit obsessed with revenge. I also feel that he may have driven his men a bit too hard occasionally.
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