Continued notes
Invasion of Persia
- Alexander was now ready to invade Persia now that the Greece was secure
- HE marched with 35,000 men to attach Persia
- Persian rush 40,000 men to meet Alexander at Anatolia
- He decide to attack first and with his cavalry, very effective and defeated the Persians
- That victory alarmed the Persian king, Darius the 3rd
- his response was to raise a huge army tanging between 50,000 to 75,000 men
- Alexander knew he was outnumbered so he called for a surprise attack with ihs best troos and orderef them to go straight to the Persian King
- The Persian King fled and so did his army
Peace?
- after 2 major battles of loss, Darius the 3rd was ready to give up so land in hopes that Alexander would stop his conquest
- the Macedonian advisors to Alex told him to take the offer, but he refused
- His goal was to conquer all of the Persian empire
Alexander in Egypt
- He was welcomed into Egypt as a liberator even though Egypt was a Persian territory
- crowned a Pharoah
- he named a city after himself, very common for him to do
Continuing the Conquest
- Alex still wanted to kill King Darius of Persia to he pursued him
- This pursuit made him a great conquered but bad at governing the land he conquered
- He eventually found King Darius dead, one of his own men had killed him
Are we there yet?
- many thought that once Darius was dead that Alex might stop the conquest, they were wrong
- he invaded certain areas of Inia and successfully defeated them there as well
- only problem was that Alex struggled with what was the low morale of his army
Low Morale
- Alex's troops had been fighting for a very long time
- fought for 11 years
- marched 11,000 miles
- in bad conditions, deserts and even monsoon rains
- very disappointed, he returned home
Governor?
- When Alex reached Babylon, he announced that he wants to reunite his empire by building new cities, roads, and harbors and conquer Arabia
- what happens after big promises or vows in this time era?
- he died at age 32 from a severe fever
Legacy
- Married a Persian princess
- even wore a dress and presided over a mass marriage of 80 of his men to Persian woman
- very interesting culture impact-spreading Hellenistic culture
- at the time of his death, Alex had conquered a vast amount of land
- General fought over who got the power of the empire
General
- eventually these 3 general of Alex got control of his conquered land
- Antigonus became the King of Macedonia ad took control of the Greek city-states
- Ptolemy siezed Egypt, took the title of Pharoah, and began a dynasty
- Seleucid got control over the old Persian Empire. He didn't take the democratic approach with him, the rulers had all the power, not the people.
What is my overall opinion of Alexander the Great?
I think that he did whatever he could for his empire and army. He did what he thought that his father would be doing if he was still alive. He wanted to kill King Darius and he did. He made that happen. Alex put his mind to something and made sure that it was accomplished. He never gave up.
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