1. Aka, my favorite historical character. Ever.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
Aka, my favorite historical character. Ever.

2. ALEXANDER THE GREAT

3. PELOPONNESIAN WAR, 431 BCE Tensions rose after the Persian Wars
ATHENS VS. SPARTA
Plagues and Spartan prowess weakened Athens
Natural disasters destroyed Athenian navy
Athens surrendered in 404 BCE

4. macedon/macedonia Macedonians viewed themselves as Greek
But, how do the Greeks view all foreigners?

5. PHILIP II OF MACEDON 23 years old, became King of Macedon
Improved phalanx
Incredible cavalry
338 BCE, began his march to conquer Greece
Son Alexander helped him
Killed; Alex became king

6. ALEXANDER’S CONQUESTS
334 BCE – Hellespont
Persians warned King Darius III of Alexander… he didn’t listen
334 BCE – Granicus
Alex’s 35,000 men beat Darius III’s 40,000
Alex begins his pursuit of Darius III
333 BCE – Issus
Macedonians outnumbered 2 to 1
332 BCE – Conquers Egypt, crowned Pharaoh
Starts naming cities Alexandria
331 BCE – Gaugamela
Darius III killed by two generals
327 BCE – marches to Indus River, gets tired, turns around
326 BCE – Bucephalus dies 
323 BCE – Alexander dies at Babylon, age 32

7. AlEXANDER’S 10 year CONQUEST