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Title: ALEXANDER THE GREAT


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ALEXANDER THE GREAT
  • HELLENISTIC AGE

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PHILIP OF MACEDONIA
  • King Philip II
  • Became King at age 23 (359 BC)
  • Brilliant General and ruthless Politician
  • wanted to conquer Greece and Persia
  • Organized army in phalanx
  • 16x16

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BATTLE OF CHAERONEA 338BC
  • Greece in state of individualism
  • Every Greek for himself
  • Demosthenes
  • Tried to warn Greece of King Philip
  • Athens and Thebes formed together
  • Philips 18 year old son, Alexander, led army to
    victory, conquering Greece

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PHILIPS DEATH
  • Parade in honor of the marriage of Alexander and
    Cleopatra
  • Philips statue largest of all and entered
    stadium last
  • Philip wanted to enter without bodyguards
  • Stabbed close friend, maybe lover
  • Several theories behind assassination
  • Lover, plot of enemies, plot of wife/son

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REMAINS OF PHILIP II
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KING ALEXANDER
  • King at age 20
  • Apprentice of Aristotle
  • Horse Bucephalus
  • Believed he was a relative of Achilles
  • Thebes started a rebellion
  • Alexander destroyed city
  • Killed 6,000
  • Sold rest to slavery

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INVASION OF PERSIA
  • 35,000 soldiers
  • Darius III
  • King of Persians
  • 40,000 soldiers
  • Battle of Grancius River
  • Alexander rushed the Persian forces
  • Darius fled, his army followed
  • Victory of Anatolia

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OFFER OF PEACE
  • Darius III offered Alexander 1/3 of his empire
    for peace
  • Alexanders advisors told him to accept
  • Because of how he won, he wanted all of Persia
    and the known world

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EGYPT
  • Welcomed as liberator of Egypt
  • 331 BC
  • Oasis of Siwah
  • Oracle of Amon
  • Egyptian King of the Gods
  • He was the true son of Zeus

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ALEXANDERS EMPIRE
  • Alex moved east into Mesopotamia
  • Darius III assembled an army of 250,000
  • Battle of Gaugamela
  • Alexander charged through Persian lines
  • Darius III fled AGAIN, army followed
  • Victory ended Persian power

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  • Alexander moves through Persian cities, through
    India Valley and into Asia
  • Never lost a battle
  • Army travels 11,000 miles in 11 years
  • Army wants to turn around
  • Babylon
  • Alexander contracts Malaria from a mosquito
  • 323 BC
  • Alexander dies

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ALEXANDERS LEGACY
  • My empire will go to the strongest General.
  • Antigonus King of Macedonia
  • Ptolemy Egypt, became Pharaoh
  • Selecus Old Persian Empire
  • Brought Greek culture to all of East
  • 14 Alexandria cities

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Overview of King Alex
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HELLANISTIC AGE
  • Alexandria, Egypt
  • Center of commerce and trade
  • Diverse population of 500,000
  • Lighthouse of Alexandria
  • 400 ft tall
  • Burned in fire
  • Museum and Library
  • Dedicated to Arts and Sciences

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LIGHT HOUSE AT ALEXANDRIA
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ASTRONOMY
  • Small observatory
  • Aristarchus of Samos
  • Sun was 300 times larger than earth (actually
    larger)
  • Earth and planets revolve around the sun
  • Theory was not supported
  • Ptolemy said earth was center (14 centuries)

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MATHMATICS AND PHYSICS
  • Euclid
  • Opened school of geometry
  • Book called Elements
  • Archimedes
  • Accurately calculated Pi (p)

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EUCLID ARCHIMEDES
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COLOSSUS OF RHODES
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QA
  • 1. Who was Philip II?
  • 2. Who led the army that conquered Greece?
  • 3. Who killed King Philip II?
  • 4. Who led the Persians?
  • 5. What happened to Alexander in Egypt?
  • 6. Describe the Hellenistic Age.
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