Alexander the Great Notes for Test!

*The Parentage*

*Alexander The great*
-Born in 356 BC
-Son of Philip
-Philip wasn't his real dad, Zeus was
-Aristotle tutored him in 343 BC
*Aristotle- the head of rhe royal academy of Macedon
-Gave Alex lessons on how to be a leader
-Greeks were his friends but he kicked the Barbarians butt
-Arrogent because of this
*Buscephelus*
-Alex's horse
-name means ox head
-won the horse for $1000's of dollars when he was 12 or 13 years old because he was the only one who could tame it
-if he didn't get it his dad King Philip would have gotten it for himself
*King Philip's Death and Power*
-killed in 336 BC
-Killed by a dagger
killed by Pausanioaus (Philip's Body Guard)
-was killed on the spot by tripping on a vine & was bribed by the Persians to kill him
-Alex had to watch someone kill his father
*Securing Power*
-came to power at the hardest time of Macedon
*Alexander The Great's Military Carreer*
-Battles and their importance
-Asia--> Africa
-he fought his battles with his men, beside them and the Persians wouldn't do that, their leaders njust sat and watched
*Some battles that defined his military carreer were:
BATTLE OF:
- GRANICUS
-ISSUS
-TYRE
-GAUGAMELA (violent & bloody
-All of these were fought during his military campaign in the Asia Minor
-He fought good battles
*Conquering Egypt*
-Conquered all of Egypt in a year
-conquered Egypt when he was 24 years old
*Battling the Persians
-won the war in 4 years & was soon faced by his own troops
*PERSIANS LOST*
-troops moved toward Indian subcontinent after the conquered Persia
* Alex invaded (attacked) India
-People would rather give up than tight bc they know they wont win
-named the city after his horse, Busephalus
*Hydaspes (BATTLE)
-Nandas -  battle on elephants & attack
*Macedonia blunted their courage
-why the men revolted:
*Alex won every battle he was involved in
*THE GREAT DEATH*
-died Hune 10/11, 323 BC
-c 32 years old when he died
-causes of death*
-*POISONING*
-typhoid fever
-Malaria
-Some type of flu
-Alcholholic liver disease
*CHAOS -NO ONE BELEIVED HE DIED* (AFTERMATH)
-Perdiccas was put in charge (body guard & leader of calvary)
*PHILIP III*
-preserved his body in a cofin (jar) of honey