Alexander the great

So today in class we read about Alexander the great and his life

• The Peloponnesian  war severely weakened several city states
• King Phillip the second was the king of Macedonia and thought to take control of Greece and then Persia for their wealth
• Macedonia was looked down upon by the greeks but they did have strong and fearless kings
• The Macedonians lived in mountain villages rather than city states
• Phillip was only 23 years old when he became king and was a brilliant general and politician
• Phillip transformed peasants into a highly trained military force in which he organized into phalanxes
• Demosthenes a orator tried to warn the greeks but they couldn't reach a agreement and when they did it was too late. The Macedonian army was invading and took over all of Greece, which ended greek independence.
• Phillip was murdered at his daughters wedding and never got to take over Persia 
• Phillips son Alex became known as Alexander the great
• Alex was schooled by Aristotle which gave him much knowledge and made him a powerful and smart leader 
• Alexander led 35,000 soldiers across hellespont into Anatolia
• Persia sent 40,000 soliders 
• They both met at the Granicus river which resulted in Alexander smashing through the Persian's defenses which caused Darius the third to worry
• Alex then refused a peace agreement from Darius and moved on to conquer all of Persia and parts of Egypt along with founding Alexandria 
• Alexander the went to Mesopotamia to confront Darius but again Darius fled 
• Alexanders army and the remaining Persian army met at gaugamela resulting in Persia's defeat ending their power
• Alex's army then conquered Babylon, Susa , and Persepolis 
• Over the rest of his lifetime Alex tried to conquer most of Asia but failed after running into a Indian army blockade.