Wednesday 91912

[6th Melissa]

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 declined
-Alexander's goal was to conquer all of the Persian empire.
Alexander in Egypt
-Alexander was welcomed into egypt as a liberator even though Rgypt was a Persan territory.
-crowned pharaoh
-Alexander named a city after himself (Alexandria)
Continuing to conquest
-A;exander still wanted to kill King Darius III of Persia so her pursued him
-the pursuit made him a great conquerer but bad at governing the land he conquered
-he eventually found King Darius III dead, one of his own men killed him
Are we there yet?
-many thought Alexander would stop the conquest if the king was killed, they were wrong
-he invaded certain areas of India and successfully defeated them there as well
-problem: low morale of Alexander's army.
Low Morale
-had been fighting for 11 years
-marched 11,000miles
-bad conditions, deserts, even monsoon rains
-Alexander was very disappointed and decided it was time to return home.
Governer
-when Alexander reached Babylon, he announces that he wants to reunite his empire by building new cities, roads, and harbors
-wants to conquer Arabia
-he became seriously ill and died at the age of 32.
Legacy
-married a persian princess
-wore persian dress and presided a mass marriage of 80 of his men to persian women
-very interesting culture impact-spreading Hellenistic culture
-at the time of his death, Alexander had conquered a vast amount of land
-generals fought over who got he power of the empire
Generals
-eventually these three generals of Alexander took control of his conquered land
-ANTIGONUS: king of macedonia and took control of the greek city-states
-PTOLEMY: took egypt, title of pharaoh adn began a dynasty
-SELEUCID: got control of the old Persian empire, didn't take the democratic approach with him, the rulers had all the power not the people.
TEST STUFF: GENERALS OF ALEXANDER AND WHERE THEY TOOK POWER.

overall opinion of Alexander the Great?
I think that he knew what he wanted and was not afraid to go get it.  He was smart and took control as a leader.  In my opinion, his death was just karma.  He already conquered the Persian empire and more, and now he wants Arabia?  Now he just seems conquering hungry, for a lack of a better word.  Dude's gotta know when to stop.