World History I
Alexander the Great
Guided Notes
Persians & Greeks
 Strained relationship for past hundred years.
 ______________________________________________ hate Persians for fear of conquest.
 Culminated in _______________________________ (Athens).
 Memories of war drive ____________________
Phillip II of Macedon
 Three goals
1. Build a _____________________________________
2. ________________Greek City States
3. Defeat _______________________
Phillip II: Outcomes
 Phillip is successful at building a ________________________.
 Phillip is successful at unifying _________________________.
 Just when he is getting ready to invade Persia, he is _______________________
 Wife Olympias
 Persian Assassin
Alexander - the Perfect Blend
 Appealed to ___________________________
 Served in fathers army (______________ General)
 Great ______________
 Charismatic
 Brave
 Proven Winner in Battle
 Appealed to Aristocracy
 Well _______________________________ (__________________ was his teacher)
 Good ____________________________
 Brilliant Orator
World History I
Alexander the Great
Guided Notes
Alexander Becomes King
 Following death of Phillip and with the help of his _____________he becomes King of
___________________
 Wants to fulfill _________________ legacy and conquer Persians.
 Leads Army into Asia Minor in 334 BCE
Conquests & Battles
334 BCE - Battle of_______________ (Asia Minor)
333 BCE -Battle of _______________ (Syria)
_____________, Gordium (Gordian Knot)
Egypt:
Establishes__________________________ & Declared ______________________
331 BCE Battle of Gaugamela
Defeats Darius’ army, ________________ escapes but is later killed by one of his own generals.
World History I
Alexander the Great
Guided Notes
Alexander Declares himself king of Persian Empire and declares_________________ the Capital of his
new empire.
To Indus and Beyond…..
Conquered the River Valleys
 Egypt and_____________ in 332 BCE
 _____________________________________ in 331 BCE
 _____________________ in 326 BCE (Made pact with the Indian King Porus afterwards)
Troops tire of war and want to head back home before _______________________________ River are
Alexander’s….. He reluctantly heads back towards home.
Death, Dying, and Divide
 Alexander moves his troops across 3000 miles back towards _______________________...
 When they reach the city a banquet is thrown in his honor.
 He grows_____________________ that evening and is dead by morning at the age of ________.
 With no ________his empire will be divided amongst his top ____________________________.
A Divided Empire
 Without _______________________________________ the strong empire falls apart, literally.
 _______________...... Egypt
 _______________ ….. Modern Middle East
 ______________________ ….. Greece and Asia Minor
Results of Alexander:
Alexander’s Empire was not long lasting. Yet it had important effects. After Alexander, the people of
Greece and Persia and all the lands between mixed together and shared ideas and culture.