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.