1. Alexander the Great The Conqueror Who Changed The World

2. The Macedonians Macedon a frontier state north of Greece. Heavy Greek cultural influence.

3. Phillip II “one of the great men of Europe” Norman Davies. Built a powerful military machine. Filled a power vacuum left in the wake of the Peloponnesian War.

4. The Phalanx

5. Setting his sights Phillip gradually moved to conquer Northern Greece. Subjugated Greece by 338 B.C.E Intended to conquer Persia, brought down by an assassin.

6. Evolution of Empire 359 BCE

7. 348 BCE

8. 336 BCE

9. Family Spat Famous dinner party at the wedding of Phillip II who divorced himself from his first wife, Alexander’s mother Olympia. "Here is the man who was making ready to cross from Europe to Asia, and who cannot even cross from one table to another without losing his balance."

10. Alexander III Subjugated Ionia and Anatolia to his control. Within the first 3 years he subjugated Syria, Palestine, and Egypt. By 331 he controlled Mesopotamia and set his sights on the big prize…Persia.

11. The most difficult conquest? Greece itself, was the most difficult land for Alexander to subdue. Even in the wake of the Peloponnesian War.

12. The Spear

13. All Tied Up…Gordian Knot

14. Conquest of Egypt Welcomed as a pharaoh. Liberated the Persian satrapy of Egypt.

15. Conquest of Persia Several major battles would be fought between Alexander and Darius.

16. Issus

17. Beating the Odds Despite staggering numerical odds, Alexander defeats the Persians through a blend of courage, strategy, bravado, and luck.

18. Achilles Educated by Aristotle, Alexander III was very familiar with the heroic tales of the Greek past, namely his favorite the Iliad.

19. Darius III

20. Indian Conquest

21. Battle with Porus at Hydapses

22. The loss of Bucephalus The first of several tragedies for Alexander the finally inspires him to heed the call of his men and return home.

25. Alexander’s Death Malaria? Typhoid? West Nile? Map 253

26. Alexander’s Legacy? Hellenism. Monday Groups