persia macedonia expansion
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Persian Macedonia Expansion
Conquers of Alexander the Great
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Review• Persian Wars (500-479 B.C)
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Review• Persian Wars• Darius attacked Athens in
490 B.C• Athens repelled the
invasion.
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Battle of Marathon
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Battle of Marathon
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Double Envelopment• Game of Thrones: Battle of the Bastards
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Battle of Thermopylae
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Persians attempting to force the pass at Thermopylae
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Leonidas and the 300 Spartans
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Battle of Salamis
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Alexander the Great’s Conquers
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Macedonia
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King Philip II• Ruled Macedonia from
359-336 B.C. and transformed it into a powerful military machine.
• By 338 he had Greece under his control.
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Alexander the Great• Heavily influenced by
Greek culture.
• Alexander moved quickly to fulfil his father’s dream – The conquest of the Persian Empire.
• “Alexander inherited from his father the
most perfectly organized, trained, and
equipped army of ancient times.”
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Alexander’s Warfare• Companion Cavalry
- Alexander’s elite cavalry, the offensive arm of his army, and his elite guard.
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Alexander’s Warfare• The Phalanx Formation
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Alexander’s Warfare
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Alexander’s Warfare• Hoplite
o The main melee warrior of the Macedonian army.
o Worked mainly in the tight phalanx formation, creating impregnable lines that often left the enemy demoralized.
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Hoplites in Action
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Alexander’s Warfare• The Ballista
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• Alexander has a total of 37,000 Greek and Macedonia armies, 5000 of which were cavalry.
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The Conquest Begins: 334 BCE
• Alexander has a total of 37,000 Greek and Macedonia armies, 5000 of which were cavalry.
Conquests Dates• Freed Ionian Greek cities 333 BCE• Palestine, Syria, & Egypt 332 BCE• The Battle of Gaugamela 331 BCE
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Conquests• For the next three years, Alexander moves
east and northeast. (Afghanistan & Pakistan)
• In 326 BCE, Alexander moves into India.o Series of a hard fought campaignsoMacedonians refuse to go any farther
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Alexander and the Principles of War
• Maneuver• Mass• Surprise• Security• Objective• Economy of Force• Offensive• Unity of Command• Simplicity
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The End of Alexander’s Empire
o Married Roxanna and had his men also intermarryo Adopted Eastern dress and habitso Publicly insisted upon his descent from the godso Began giving key positions to Persians.
• The Macedonians were tired of campaigning and resented the changes in Alexander’s behavior and become mutinous
• Alexander’s army returned to Babylon, where he dies in June 323 BCE of wounds, fever, and too much alcohol.
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Alexander’s Legacy• The marriage of East and West• Alexander the Great ushered in the Hellenistic
Age – A period where Greek influence could be found throughout the known world
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