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Western Civ 3-22
Alexander’s
Empire:
Philip
Builds Macedonia Empire
· Philip is Alexander’s dad and king of Macedonia
· King of Macedonia who invaded Greece
and won
· He was going to conquer Persia but he
was murdered
· Murdered at his daughter’s wedding
Alexander
Names Himself King
· 20 years old
· Defeats Persia
· tutored by the greatest mind of their
time; Aristotle
· relied on the Iliad
· Alexander vs. Darius
o Alexander was outnumbered by Darius
but won anyways
· crowed pharaoh by Egypt; 332 BC
o told him he was a god
· army moves east to Mesopotamia
o Darius’s army outnumbered alexander again
with a HUGE army
o Battle at Gaugamela
o Used Phalanx and Won again
· Alexander continues East to Persepolis
o Burned and destroyed it
Alexander’s
Other Conquest
· Now reigned as unchallenged ruler of
South Asia
· 326 BC Hydaspes River, defeats India
· discovered war elephants
· been fighting for 11 years and marches
11,000 miles. Army wanted to go home and they did
· 323 BC Army reaches Babylon and
Alexander settled there
· died of serious illness at 32 years
old
o never carried out full plans
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