ALEXANDER THE GREAT. I. Macedonia A. Philip of Macedon 1. Macedonians lived in northern Greece a. Had remained a Monarchy as no political revolution (democracy)

ALEXANDER THE GREAT

I. MacedoniaA. Philip of Macedon

1. Macedonians lived in northern Greecea. Had remained a Monarchy as no political revolution (democracy) had occurred.

2. Their heritage was heavily influenced by Greek culture and politics

I. Macedonia


3. In 359 BC Phillip II takes the throne4. Philip had three life goals that he hoped to accomplish

a. Created powerful Macedonian army b. Unite all of Greece under his rule c. Defeat the Persian Empire


5. The Peloponnesian War had left Greece weak and vulnerable and as a result, by 338 BC, Philip had conquered most of Greece6. Months before Philip could accomplish his last goals he was assassinated

II. Alexander the GreatII. Alexander the Great

1. In 338 BC, Alexander became king at the age of twenty and decided to complete his father’s vision2. Educated by Aristotle, Alexander was well learned and wanted to combine the best of the world’s cultures


3. By 334 BC, Alexander had captured Asia Minor from Persia4. His 37,000 man army included 5000 architects and engineers that assisted him in building cities across Asia.

a. Did not only want to be known as a military ruler, but rather a ruler concerned with expanding knowledge of the world.

II. Alexander the Great


5. By 327 BC, he had conquered the Middle East, Persian and had reached India6. His troops forced him to return to home, however he died in Persia of malaria 7. After his death, his empire was divided into three regions

II. Alexander the Great

III. Hellenistic Age1. After Alexander’s death Greek culture (art, architecture

and literature) continued to flourish in the Middle East and Asian regions of his empire.

2. The adoption and combination of Greek culture among Middle Eastern culture was given the name Hellenism.

III. Hellenistic Age

GREEK CULTURE EGYPTIAN CULTURE

PERSIAN CULTURE INDIAN CULTURE

HELLENISM CHART

III. Hellenistic Age3. Hellenistic comes from the Greek work “to imitate Greeks”4. Hellenistic culture spread due to trade among the united Alexander Empire.

Hellenic VS. Hellenistic

• Hellenic refers to the people who lived in classical Greece before the conquests of Philip. Greeks (Hellenic)were isolated and their civilization was termed classic because it was not heavily influenced by outside forces.

• Hellenistic refers to Greeks and others who lived during the period after Alexander the Great's conquests. (mixture of civilizations)

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ALEXANDER THE GREAT. I. Macedonia A. Philip of Macedon 1. Macedonians lived in northern Greece a. Had remained a Monarchy as no political revolution (democracy)