Invasion of Persia- Alexander was now ready to invade persia now that the greece was secure. HE marched with 35000 men to attack Persia. Persian rushed 40,000 men to meet Alexander at Antiolla.
Victory alarmed the Persian King, Darius III. Response was to raise a huge army ranging between 50,000 to 75,000 men. He knew he was out numbered so he called for surprise attack and go striaight for Persian King and later fled.
Peace?- After two major battles lost, Darius III was ready to give up so land in hopes that Alexanderwould stop his conquest. Macedonian advisors to Alexander would stop his conquest.
Alexander was welcomed in Egypt as a liberator even though Egypt was a Persian territory. Crowned as pharoah. Alexander named a city, Alexanderia after himself.
Conquest- Alexander still wanted to kill king Darius III of Persia so he pursued him. Pursuit made him a great conqured but bad at governing gthe land he conquered. Found King Darius after awhile.
Many thought Darius was dead Alexander might stop the conquest, they were wrong. He invaded certain areas of India and successful defeat them there as well. Only problem Alexander struggled with was the low morale of his army
Alexanders troops had been fighting for a very long time and traveled very far and had fought for eleven years, marched 11,000 miles and was in bad conditions like deserts.
Governor?- Alexander had reached Babylon, he annouces that he wants to unite his empire by building new cities, roads and harbors and conquer Arabia.
Legacy- Married a persian Princess. Even wore persian dress and presided over a mass marriage of 80 of his men to Persian women. Very interesting cultural impact-spreading Hellenistic culture. At the time of his death, Alexander conquered a vast amount of land
Generals- Antigonus became king of Macedonia and took control of the Greek city-States. Ptolemy-seized Egypt, took the title of Pharaoh and began dynasty. Seleucid got control over old Persian Empire.
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