Invasion of Persia
-alexander now ready to invade Persia
-marched 35,000 men to attack persia
-Persians rushed 40,000 men to meey Alexander at Anatolia
-Alexander decided to attack first and with his cavalry
-Alexander was victories
-Alexander wanted to concur all of Persia
-Macedonians didnt approve of this idea
-Alexander was welcomed into Egypt which was a Persian territory at the time
-crowned a Pharaoh
-Alexandria was name of his cities
-Alex still wanted to kill Darius
-became a great conquerer
-never rebuilt anything or left any form of infrastructure
-Alexanders troops had been fighting for 11 years
-marched 11,000 miles
-bad conditions, deeserts, and even monsoons
-Alexander, disgruntled, agreed to returne home
-did a lot for intermixing of perisans and his own men
-Alexander had conquered a large amount of land
-generals fought for control of his huge empire
-Antigonous became king of Macedonia and took control the greek city-states
-Ptolemy took Egypt and took the title of Pharaoh
-Seleucid got control of Persian Empire, he punished the persian empire for their actions in previous wars
- Was Alexander the great really great?
-I believe he was great in some areas and lacked perspective and understanding in others. As far as being a general and war hero, there is no question, he was no ordinary military leader. He took over control of a massive army at the age of 20 and conquered massive amounts of land and defeated the Persian empire. However he lacked perspective and got greedy after defeating the Persians and he eventually got his men to become discouraged because they were tired of fighting and marching for over 11 years
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