1. Alexander the Great Chapter 9 Section 2

2.  Essential Question (EQ): How do you handle conflict?  Objective (OBJ): I will be able to understand how cultures influence each other.

3. Rise of Macedonia  Macedonia was a land north of Greece  They were ruled by kings, unlike the Greek city-states  They were very influenced by Greek Culture

4. Philip II of Macedonia  In 359 BCE, Philip II gained power after his brother died  He built a powerful army much like the Greek’s army  Phalanx  Sarissa: Macedonian Pike

5.  Philip wanted to control Greece, so he tried to win the support of each city-state  He went to war after he failed  In 338 BCE Philip II and his son Alexander led the battle and won all of Greece  Next, Philip II wanted to conquer Persia, but…he was assassinated, or murdered

6. RECAP!  Where was the kingdom of Macedonia located?  Who became king of Macedonia in 359 BCE?  What empire did Philip II want to control?  Who was Philip II’s son?  How did Philip die?

7. HERO VILLAIN Event 2 Event 1

8.  At age 20, Alexander became king and was also a military leader  Aristotle, a Greek philosopher, was his teacher  Aristotle gave Alexander a book called the Iliad which made him want to be a soldier

9.  After other Greek city-states heard that Philip died, they fought for independence  Alexander quickly ended their revolt, or rebellion, by burning city-states like Thebes to the ground  He had Greece under control  In 334 BCE Alexander took his army of 30,000 foot soldiers and 5,000 cavalry troops into Asia to conquer the Persian Empire

10.  Alexander freed Ionian city-states from Persian rule and conquered cities along the Mediterranean coast  He conquered Egypt and named a city, Alexandria, after himself  In 330 BCE he went back to Persia and conquered the Persian king  Alexander went into Afghanistan and India to conquer where no Greek has gone before  In 323 BCE, Alexander the Great died

11.  Alexander spread Greek culture every place he conquered  This spread of Greek culture is known as the Hellenistic period  Hellenistic means “greek-like”  The Hellenistic period lasted from Alexander’s death to 30 BCE  Art, literature, science, and language was spread from Greece all the way to India

14.  At what age did Alexander become king?  In Egypt what city did Alexander find and name after himself?  What empire did Alexander want to conquer?  Which two places did Alexander conquer that no Greek has conquered before?  After Alexander’s death, what time period spread Greek culture from Greece to India?