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King Phillip 2

• Born at pelia of Macedon
• youngest son of King Amyntas 2
• held hostage @ Thesbe- learned military skills & deplomatic info
• King of Macedon 359 BC- 336 BC
• assinated @ a wedding

Olympias

• originally a princess
• arranged marriage with King Phillip 2
• gave birth to Alexander
• divorced Phillip
• ordered Eurydice to kill Phillip 3 (king Phillip 2 son) to ensure Alexander got the throne
• claimed Zeus was Alexander's father

Alexander's Birth

• born in Pella region of Macedonia on September 20, 350 BC
• didn't see his father much as a child because King Phillip was with the military and affairs
• resented his father bc he was gone so much
• Olympia was a powerful role model

Bucephalus

• 344 BC- dealer from Tessalia offered a large, black horse to King Phillip
• Horse seemed unable to be tamed- King Phillip didn't want it
• Alexander wanted the horse and tried to tame it- he realised the horse was afraid of its shadow and tamed it
• King Phillip said about his ability "O my son, look thee out a kingdom equal and worthy of thyself, for Macedonia is too little for thee"

Education

• tutored by Leonidas- taught Math, Horsemanship, & Archery
• Alex was a rebellious student with relentless attention
• tutored by Lysimachus- used role play to teach
• 343 BC- tutored by Aristotle @ Temple of the Nymphs at Meiza (13 years old)- taught Philosophy, Drama, Science, Poetry, and Politics
• education ended at Meiza in 340 BC

Phillip's Assination

• Oct 336 BC in Aegea
• killed by his body guard- Pausanias of Oretis
• Reason unknown- possibilities include: Persians payed him off or Pausanias had relations with him then Phillip cheated on Pausania
• Alex had Pausania's body crucified

Family Relationship

• tension
• Alexander's step mom (Cleopatra)'s uncle told Alex he wasn't worthy of the throne

Alexander takes Power

• people doubted him because he was young
• people who doubted him were killed

Military Career 

• fought vs Persians bc he thought they might have been involved in his father's assassination
• 334 BC: fought NW Asia Minor (Battle of the Granicus River)
• 334 BC- siege of Halicarnassus 
• conquered Egypt @ Gaza
• Egyptains called Alexander a Pharaoh

Invasion of Egypt

• 327 BC- Punjab
• Indians fought with elephants
• Bucephalus died- named a city after him
• won & captured Porus

Revolt of Alex's Army

• revolted bc India had elephants & soldiers wanted to see their family
• Alex allowed them to return
• took Hydaspes & Indus river's home- fought Malion on their way 
• many died on the journey home bc of the Gerdosian desert

Death

• June 10/11 323 BC- 32 years old @ palace of Nebuchadnezzar 2 in Babylon
• reasons a mystery, possibilities: poison (by Aristotle or his son, Iollas), malaria, alcohol poisoning  
• people refused to believe he died

His Power/Rule

• empire was the largest of its time
• remained under Macondian rule for 200-300 years after Alex's death
• Alex encouraged people (Macedonian men) to marry Persian woman to maintain peace 
• tried to combine Greek and Persian cultures
• the passing of the ring symbolized the passing of power

3/26/13

    Today we finished up the slide shows about Alexander the Great. The last 3 groups went and spoke about his death and battle strategies. the exact way he died is not known but most believe someone poisoned his drink, alcohol poisoning, and also malaria. After finishing up with the rest of the project we began watching a video on Alexander the Great. We left of at the part where he was taming Bucephalus, a horse that no one else could tame. This was very inspirational and I now plan on buying a horse.

3/25/13

Today we missed class due to snow.

3/22/13

For the entire class we went over our slide shows on Alexander the great. He came into power at the age of 20 when his father was killed King Phillip, his father, was killed by his body guard named Pausanians. Many doubted him in the beginning and he ordered for those people to be killed showing he wasn't one to mess with. Originally Alexander was not even going to inherit the title of King when his father died because his mother was not born in Macedonia. King Phillip had another wife along with another child named Phillip III.  After hearing of King Phillip's plan to give the kingdom over to Phillip III she immediately had them executed. He was King of Macedon from 354B.B. until his assassination in 336 B.C. Alexander was also born in Macedonia and had a military background which would later play a role in the way he ruled.

3/20/13

Today we basically just talked more about Alexander the Great. We were assigned a project that will go on 3rd quarter that is worth 50 points which is awesome because I have been asking to do extra credit for a while and this is even better. My group consists of Grace, Alli, and I. We are group 2 and are in charge of covering his early life. I think we are pretty solid. I worked very hard on my part which was his birth and early years.

3/19/13

Today in class we talked about Athens losing the Peloponnesian war to Sparta and also the kingdom of Macedonia taking over Greece. Athens mainly lost because they became hubris after winning the war against Persia and thought they might as well go conquer Sparta like it was no big deal. They had many disadvantages such as shortages of people because they were still recovering from fighting with Persia. the main reason they lost was because of the spread of disease from contaminated grain that came over on a boat so it was partially bad luck I guess.Then, we talked a lot about Alexander the Great. He was given power over the Macedonian kingdom in his late teens. He conquered a huge amount of the world and died at age 32! His kingdom spread from Italy to Aphganistan, that is huge! He ruled in a hellenistic way by allowing all of the conquered people to become part of their empire. In this way he didn't just conquer this land to benefit himself, but also the people living their at the time by adapting to their ways of life and cultures in some respects. Although he may seem very nice he was not one to mess with. He showed this through torturing those who didn't like him or his ideas. He was a very amazing leader whose name definitely suited him very well. 

3/18/13

Hellenistic - refers to the "international" period of Greek history, when much of the Mediterranean and southwestern Asia was under Greek rule.("how the Macedonians ruled"-Mr.Schick)

 After the defeat of Xerxes in 480 BC, Sparta stopped the fighting. Athens formed an alliance with the city-states and  then decided to convince the members to contribute money for the construction of triremes which are navy ships. A different strategy should have been used. They were becoming hubris and thought they could easily take on Sparta.  In 445 BC, after the city-state of Anatolia  was free from Persian rule, Athens collected money. With this, Athens made these other cities practice democracy, even though most of them were oligarchies. All the other cities were upset with Athens demand and went to Sparta to complain. In the course of the war (431-404 BC), Athens took Sparta out by sea, knowing that they couldn't be defeated on land. This was a bad decision and Athens fell and  was defeated. In 359 BC, Phillip II of Macedonia becomes King of the Greeks. A main reason they should not have taken on Sparta was that they were still recovering from a previous war putting them at a disadvantage.