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Chapter 5 Section
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I. Philip II Builds
Macedonia’s Power
A. The
Peloponnesian
Wars severely
weakened Greece
B. Philip II of
Macedonia from
the north took
notice
C. Macedonians
were considered
barbarians by the
Greeks
D. In 359 B.C.
Philip II became
king of Macedonia
1. Brilliant general
and ruthless
politician
2. Used a 16 man
phalanx with a swift
cavalry
E. Demosthenes an
Athenian orator
warned the Greeks
about a move
by Philip II
Demosthenes
(384-322 BC)
F. In 338 B.C.
Athens and Thebes
are soundly
defeated at the
Battle
of Chaeronea
Map of Chaeronea
1. Philip II’s son
Alexander the
Great would lead a
successful
cavalry charge
G. The Greeks
were under the
control of
Macedonia
(Hellenistic Age)
H. In 336 B.C. Philip II
is murdered at his
daughters wedding
and Alexander the
Great became king of
Macedonia for the
next 13 years
II. Alexander
Defeats Persia
A. Alexander was
20 when he
became king
Alexander the Great
B. He had been
schooled by
Aristotle
C. He kept a copy
of the Iliad under
his pillow
D. In 335 B.C.
Thebes tried to
rebel but he quickly
killed 6000 and
sold the rest into
slavery
E. In 334 B.C.
Alexander attacks
the Persians in
Anatolia at the
Hellespont
1. At the Battle of
Granicus River
30,000 Men and
5000 Cavalry
2. He would attack
Darius III at the
Battle of Issus and
would control all of
Turkey
Persian Soldier
3. Alexander would
not accept a peace
with the Persians
4. Next he would
conquered all of
Egypt and build the
city of Alexandria,
He would be
crowned pharaoh
5. He would now turn
east to conquer the
rest of Persia at the
Battle of Gaugamela
and then to the Indus
River
Battle of Gaugamela
a. The cities of
Babylon, Susa, and
Persepolis yielded
vast amounts of
treasures
Persepolis
6. In 327 B.C.
Alexander would be
in India at the Indus
River
a. Exhausted
soldiers yearned
to go home
7. In 323 B.C. he
had returned to
Babylon
a. Here he
contracted a
serious fever and
would die
11 days later
8. His empire would
go to the strongest
general
a. Antigonus
became king of
Macedonia
b. Ptolemy seized
Egypt
c. Seleucus took
most of the old
Persian Empire