1. Alexander the Great and Dad
Chapter 6 section 3

2. Chapter Review
The Greeks used more ______ _______ than the Egyptians in their art
What did they use to make their statues more lifelike?
Another name for the sin of pride
Who was Socrates student?
What is another name for a lover of wisdom?

3. Europe before Philip II was on the move

4. Philip II of Macedon
Macedon was a rising kingdom in the Macedonian region North of Greece
They were not warlike people
The kings could only rule with the help of nobles
In 359 Philip became King
As a youth he had been held hostage in Thebes for three years
During that time he learned of the organization of the Thebes army

5. Philip II

6. Philips Rise
Philip did not want to depend on nobles to support his rule
He organized the best army in Macedonian history
{Philips admiration of Greek ways led to his conquering Greece}
He organized his infantry into a phalanx or rows of soldiers shoulder to shoulder
His first goal was to restore order to Macedon

7. Philip II riding into battle

8. Philip keeps rising
He quickly won control of several Athenian colonies
Then he turned his army South to mainland Greece
The Greeks saw Philip in different ways
Some saw him as a savior that could unify Greece
Others felt he threatened their freedom
He united Greece under his rule after the battle of Chaeronea
He died before he could invade Persia

10. What Philip conquered

11. Alexander the Great

12. Alexander The Great
He was the son of Philip who gave him the best education and training possible
{He received his training in the Macedonian Army}
He got his formal education from Aristotle
He was more skilled than his father in military tactics
Because of this his troops willingly followed him into battle
After Philips death he crushed the rebellions in Greece and {set out to conquer the known world}

14. Alexander moves East
By 331 BC he had completely destroyed Persia and in the process conquered Egypt, Syria, Asia minor and Mesopotamia
What Alexander wanted to do was to bring all of these under one empire
He kept his troops moving East ending up at the Indus river
Alexander wanted to go on but the troops had seen too much fighting and refused to keep going
He led his troops back to Persia

15. Alexander returns home
Alexander led his troops into Persian and to the Indian Ocean where he split them up
Part of the troops traveled by sea to meet up with Alexander in the city of Susa
Meanwhile Alexander led the rest of his troops through the desert many of them dyeing from exposure and lack of food and water
What was left of his troops met up with the others in Susa and headed to Babylon
In Babylon Alexander became seriously ill and died in June 323 BC at the age of 32

17. The Spread of Greek culture
{Alexander purposely spread Greek culture where ever his armies marched}
He founded many cities in other regions many of them named Alexandria
Under his leadership Macedonians, Greeks and Persians worked together to govern his empire
He married two Persian noble women and required his generals to marry Persian women sometimes at mass weddings
This new Greek like way of life became known as the Hellenistic culture

19. {Hellenistic Culture
It combined ideas of the Greek Mediterranean and Asian culture
This was the time between Alexander's death and the Roman conquest of Greece}
After Alexander’s death his generals competed for his empire
Three generals divided the empire amongst themselves into Macedon, Egypt, and Syria
These three new rulers spent much of their wealth and energy on war

21. He Conquered all this before he was 33
He started when he was 20
What do you plan on doing with the next 18 yrs of your life?

22. Section Review
Where did Alexander the Great get his military training?
What was Alexander's ultimate goal?
What did Alexander spread wherever he marched?
What was spread in the time between Alexander's death and the Roman conquest of Greece