Test Review Day 1

In class today, we took notes and reviewed for our test. These were the first part of our notes we took on Alexander's empire...

- Main idea: Empire Building-
Alexander the Great conquered Persia and Egypt and extended his empire to the Indus River in northwest India.

- Why it matters now?
Alexander's empire extended across an area that today consists of many nations and diverse cultures.

- Terms & Names: 
- Philip II
-Macedonia
- Darius III
-Alexander the Great

- Macedonia, located just north of Greece, had rough terrain and a cold climate. It's king was Philip II.

1. 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

2. Alexander names himself king at 20 years old 
- Alexander defeats Persia (Darius III)
- When young: tutored by Aristotle, and relied on the Iliad
- Alexander vs. Darius:
- Alexander is out-numbered by Darius' army, but wins anyways 
-Crowned pharaoh in 332 B.C., he told them he was a God
- Alexander's army moves east to Mesopotamia. Darius' army outnumbered him again with a HUGE army. Battle at Gaugamela. Alexander used phalanx and won again.   
- Alexander continues east to Persepolis, and burned and destroyed it (took money and gold)

3. Alexander's other conquests:
- Now reigned as unchallenged ruler of southwest Asia 
- 326 B.C.E.- Hydaspes River, defeats India.
- Been fighting for 11 years and marched 11,000 miles. So, army turned home. 
- 323 B.C.- Army reaches Babylon. Alexander settled there.
- Alexander died at 32 years, never carried out full plans. Fever?
- Alexander never lost a battle during his conquest
- The Egyptians saw Alexander as an liberator  

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