Alexander the Great

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Alexander the Great

• The King of Macedonia
• 356-323BCE

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Background

• Alexander was a prince, the son of the king of
  Macedonia. He was born in Macedonia in 356 BCE.
• Macedonia was not a Greek city-state. It was a
  huge country in the north of Greece.   
• One of Alexanders teachers was Aristotle, who
  taught Alexander a love of Greek culture
• Alexander spoke Greek, believed in the Greek
  gods, and dreamed of teaching everyone the
  wonderful Greek culture he knew and loved so
  well. 

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Philip of Macedonia

• 360-336BCE
• Greece was weak due to the Peloponnesian Wars
• King Philip of Macedonia used this opportunity to
  conquer the Greek city-states
• Philip was assassinated, and his son, Alexander,
  became king

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Military

• Alexander was trained to be a ruler and a warrior
  and a leader of men.
• When Alexander grew up, he started to expand the
  Macedonian Empire. Everywhere he went, he
  introduced the newly conquered people to Greek
  culture.
• He allowed conquered people the opportunity to
  run their own country as long as they learned the
  Greek ways. Those people who refused were killed.
• Alexander never lost a battle. 

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Death

• Alexander died young. One day, he was out
  boating. He became quite ill and died shortly
  after. Before his death, he conquered the ENTIRE
  known world in the Mediterranean region.
  Everywhere he went, people were introduced to
  Greek culture and history. 
• After his death, Alexanders empire was divided
  up among his leading generals. None was able to
  lead as well as Alexander and the empire fell
  apart.

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Interesting Facts

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