Alexander's Empire

    Today in class we took notes on Alexander's Empire. In my notes I included: Macedonia was located north of Greece. It had a rough terrain and a cold climate. Macedonians lived in mountain villages and were looked down on by Greeks. In 359 B.C. King Philip became king. He was a brilliant general, and built a well- trained army out of almost nothing. He used a phalanx and cavalry. Demosthenes warned Greek's of Philip's attacking threats. In 338 B.C., Thebes and Athens united, but it was too late. Macedonia invaded and defeated Greece in the battle of Chaeronea. However, nearly 2 years later, King Philip was stabbed to death, and his son Alexander took power. Alexander shut down the Thebian rebellion, and began to invade Persia in 334 B.C. He defeated the Persians at Granieus and Darius III became alarmed of Alexander's growing power. He got an army together, but was defeated. Alexander marched into Egypt in 332 B.C. and was anointed Pharaoh. He later went to Mesopotamia, and came out with control of most Persian territory. He then went to the Indus Valley, where he won as well. His army reached Babylon and after 12 years of fighting, wanted to turn home. When they got back, Alexander died and needed people to take control and unite his empire.

• Antigonus- King of Macedonia
• Ptolemy- Egypt, became pharaoh
• Seleucus- most of Persian Empire