1. Chapter 9 Section 3 Alexander the Great -”There is nothing impossible to him who will try.”

2. Entry Task What makes a great leader? 2-3 Bullet points
Keep because we will discuss at the end of class.

3. Group Discussion
What does the term Barbarian mean?

4. Phillip II King of Macedonia Wanted control of Greece and won!
Used phalanx formation (copied from Greeks) to win
Had his sights set on Persia
Murdered during his daughter’s wedding

5. Phillip Marries Cleopatra
Many consider this marriage his worst mistake
Cleopatra, a Macedonian girl from of high nobility.
This marriage led to a break with Olympias and his son Alexander.

6. Alexander and Phillip
"Here is the man who was making ready to cross from Europe to Asia, and who cannot even cross from one table to another without losing his balance."

7. Alexander Studied under the great philosopher Aristotle
A trained warrior and military leader
At 20 yrs old he stepped in his murdered father’s place
Within a year he enslaved the Theban people to show what would happen if Greeks decided to revolt

8. The Conquests of Alexander
He set his sights on the Persian Empire and beyond
Fought and won a decisive victory at Gaugamela against Darius III
Darius III was killed by his own men/Persia was now Alexander’s

9. Interactive Map

10. Death of Alexander Not satisfied, He pushed on for India
His troops became weary hiking through mountains
His soldiers refused to go any further
Alexander died on the march back in Babylon

11. Why is Alexander called “the Great”?
Alexander’s Empire
Why is Alexander called “the Great”?

12. Spreading Greek Culture
New cities Alexander conquered were modeled after Greece.
Most were named Alexandria, he encouraged Greeks to move into these new cities.
He encouraged the conquered people to keep their own religion and customs.
As a result, Alexander’s empire was a perfect mix of Persian, Egyptian, Syrian and other cultures with Greek ideas
Hellenistic-”Greek like”

13. Hellenistic ~ Greek-like

17. Main Ideas of Section 3 Macedonia conquered Greece in the 300s BC.
Alexander the Great built an empire that united much of Europe, Asia, and Egypt.
The Hellenistic kingdoms formed from Alexander’s empire blended Greek and other cultures.
Alexander the Great built a huge empire and helped spread Greek culture into Egypt and Asia.