Download The Rise of Alexander the Great

Alexander
the Great
The Peloponnesian War
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After the Golden Age – Athens declined
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War broke out between Sparta/Athens
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With the help of Persia (go figure) Sparta
captures Athens.
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Sparta was eventually defeated too 
The Rise of Alexander the
Great
Macedonian Empire
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Macedon - north of Greece.
 Regarded by Greeks as
“hillbillies”
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King Philip II
begins to expand border
 In 25 years Phillip makes
Macedon into a great
military power
Philip’s Empire
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Greece forms league
against Philip
Philip defeats Greece in
338 B.C.
Unites all of Greece and
declares war on Persia
Philip is assassinated in
336 BC
His son Alexander takes
over
Alexander expands dad’s
empire
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Alexander …20 years old
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Immediately puts
together army of 35,000
and attacks Persia
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He did not stop and
conquered land all the
way to India and Egypt
Control of territory
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Alex spread Greek
culture all over
 Alexander was educated
in Greece… taught by
Aristotle!
 Made Greek official
language
End of Empire
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One of the largest
empires in history.
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Alex dies of fever in
Babylon 323 BC
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Wife, Roxanne, a
Persian, pregnant with
his heir
Hellenistic Empire
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General decide to split
empire 3 ways
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End of Greek empire in
146 BC - become
province of Roman
Empire