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World History I Alexander the GreatGuided Notes
Persians & Greeks
Strained relationship for past hundred years.
______________________________________________ hate Persians for fear of conquest.
Culminated in _______________________________ (Athens).
Memories of war drive ____________________
Phillip II of Macedon
Three goals
1. Build a _____________________________________
2. ________________Greek City States
3. Defeat _______________________
Phillip II: Outcomes
Phillip is successful at building a ________________________.
Phillip is successful at unifying _________________________.
Just when he is getting ready to invade Persia, he is _______________________
Wife Olympias
Persian Assassin
Alexander - the Perfect Blend
Appealed to ___________________________
Served in fathers army (______________ General)
Great ______________
Charismatic
Brave
Proven Winner in Battle
Appealed to Aristocracy
Well _______________________________ (__________________ was his teacher)
Good ____________________________
Brilliant Orator
World History I Alexander the GreatGuided Notes
Alexander Becomes King
Following death of Phillip and with the help of his _____________he becomes King of ___________________
Wants to fulfill _________________ legacy and conquer Persians.
Leads Army into Asia Minor in 334 BCE
Conquests & Battles
334 BCE - Battle of_______________ (Asia Minor)
333 BCE -Battle of _______________ (Syria)
_____________, Gordium (Gordian Knot)
Egypt:
Establishes__________________________ & Declared ______________________
331 BCE Battle of Gaugamela
Defeats Darius’ army, ________________ escapes but is later killed by one of his own generals.
World History I Alexander the GreatGuided Notes
Alexander Declares himself king of Persian Empire and declares_________________ the Capital of his new empire.
To Indus and Beyond…..
Conquered the River Valleys
Egypt and_____________ in 332 BCE
_____________________________________ in 331 BCE
_____________________ in 326 BCE (Made pact with the Indian King Porus afterwards)
Troops tire of war and want to head back home before _______________________________ River are Alexander’s….. He reluctantly heads back towards home.
Death, Dying, and Divide
Alexander moves his troops across 3000 miles back towards _______________________...
When they reach the city a banquet is thrown in his honor.
He grows_____________________ that evening and is dead by morning at the age of ________.
With no ________his empire will be divided amongst his top ____________________________.
A Divided Empire
Without _______________________________________ the strong empire falls apart, literally.
_______________...... Egypt
_______________ ….. Modern Middle East
______________________ ….. Greece and Asia Minor
Results of Alexander:
Alexander’s Empire was not long lasting. Yet it had important effects. After Alexander, the people of Greece and Persia and all the lands between mixed together and shared ideas and culture.
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