Rise of Macedonia

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Rise of Macedonia
The flag of Macedonia was adopted on October the
6th, 1995. After the greek protests, Macedonia
was oblidged to change its original flag the
field is still red but the rays were reduced from
16 to 8 thickening towards the end.
www.canadiancontent.net/profiles/Macedonia.html
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I. The Macedonians

• 1. United by Philip II
• 2. Strong unique military
• a. Phalanxes
• -strategic fighting formations
• 3. Respect for Greek tradition
• a. Learning
• b. Philosophy
• c. Arts / Entertainment
• d. Architecture

www.livius.org/phi-php/philip/philip_ii.htm
www.historyofmacedonia.org/AncientMacedonia/P...
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I. The Macedonians Continued

• 4. Capitalized on Greek civil wars
• a. Peloponnesian Wars
• b. Demise of Delian League
• c. Philip II of Macedonia
• -invades and controls Greece
• 5. Strong desire to conquer Persian Empire

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II. Hellenistic Age

• 1. Alexander the Great
• a. Son of Philip II
• b. Conquered Persian Empire
• c. Took control of Egypt
• -Founded Alexandria
• -Encouraged inter-marriages
• -Hellenistic culture
• -blend of Greek, Persian
• Egyptian cultures

faq.macedonia.org/.../alexander.the.great.html
wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/.../alexandria.htm
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II. Hellenistic Age 1. Alexander the Great
Continued

• d. Increased trade
• e. Encouraged learning
• f. Death of Alexander323BC
• -Empire divided
• -Macedonia
• -Syria
• -Egypt

323 BCE While returning to Macedonia from India,
Alexander the Great (b. late July, 356 BCE) died
of a fever (possibly malaria) and fatigue at the
age of only 33. After his death in Babylon,
Alexanders family and children were all put to
death, and his generals quarrelled over his
empire. Bloody wars erupted and the national
spoils were distributed to the great generals
successors. Many sources give June 10 as the day
he died. How do we know the date of his death?
This article explains. "Alexander did not win
any war on the Indian soil, he in fact lost to
Porus, the king of Punjab, and had to sign a
treaty with Porus in order to save his
diminishing band of soldiers who were
grief-stricken at the loss of their compatriots
at the hands of Porus's army, and expressed their
strong desire to surrender."Alexander the
Ordinary (in India he is not as revered as in
Europe)