Invasian of Persia
- Alex was now ready to invade persia.
- Marched with 35,000 men to attack Persia.
- Persia rushed 40,000 men meet Alex at Anatolia.
- Alex decided to attack frist and with his cavalry very effective and defeated the Persians.
Invasion con.
- The victory alarmed the Persian king, Darius III.
- The king made a huge army.
- Alex made a surprise attack and the persain kind fled and so did his army.
Peace?
- After two major battles lost, Darius III was ready to give up so land in hopes that Alex would stop his conquest
- The Macedonian advisors to Alexender told him to take the offer, but he rufused.
- His 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 pharaoh. Named a city after himself. Very common for him to do.
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 was succesful. Defeated them as well.
- Only problem He struggled with was the low morale of his army.
Low Morale
- Alexander's troops had been fighting for a very ling time and traveled very far.
- Fought for 11 years. Marched 11,000 miles. In bad conditions.
- Disappointed, Alex agreed to return home.
Governor?
- When reached babylon, Alex announces that he wants to unite his empire by building new cities, roads and harbors and conquer Arabia.
- He became seriously ill, and dead at the age of 32.
Legacy
- Married a Persian Princess
- Even wore Persian dress and presided over a mass marriage of 80 of his men to Persian women.
- Generals fought over who got the power of the empire, when he dead.
- Generals
- Three generals of Alex got control of his conquered land.
- Anitgonus; became king of Macedonia and took control of the Greek city-states.
- Ptolemy: seized Egypt, took the title of Pharaoh and began a dynasty.
- Seleucid: got control over the old Persian Empire. Didnt take the democratic aooraoch, the rulers had all the power, not the people.
What is your overall opinion of Alexander the Great? Was he really that special or just a barbaric person who allowed greed to get the best of him?
--- I think Alexander wasnt great at all. He conquered land. He wasnt a special person. Just more barbaric and once he took over one land, he couldnt stop. Thats pretty dumb how he took over the Persian empire but still married a Persian Princess.
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