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Greece Time Line (so far)
B.C.
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1,500
300
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700
621
594
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490
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477
461
431
Persia attacked Iona Beginning of Persian War
The Peloponnesian War Athens vs. Spartalasted
until 404
The Age of Pericles lasted until 429
The Trojan War
THE DORIAN AGElasted to 750
Emergence of Homer
Draco came into power and changed Athenian govt.
Solon came in to power in AthensOutlawed ANY
slavery Organized ancient suing
Cleisthenes came into power in Athens. Reformed
Solons classes by location and not wealth
Mycaneans migrated to modern-day Greece
Xerxes led an attack on Thermopylae and the
Battle of Salamis
The Golden Age of Athenslasted until 431
Write down the dates and what took place ?
example 1776 - Revolutionary War Begins
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• The Peloponnesian War severely weakened the
  strongest Greek city states
• Athens and Sparta
• The war weakened their military and their
  economic powers

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• Just north of Greece, the kingdom of Macedonia
  took notice of the vulnerable Greeks
• The Greeks once looked down on the Macedonians
• The Greeks thought the Macedonians were
  uncivilized

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• In 359 B.C., Phillip II became the King of
  Macedonia when he was 23 years old.
• Proved to be a great general
• Transformed the peasants of Macedonia into a well
  trained, disciplined army

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• The Greek city-states knew of King Phillip IIs
  army in the North
• Could not agree on a policy to unite and form one
  force
• Stayed separate
• In 338, Macedonia invaded Greece
• Macedonia conquered Greece at the battle of
  Chaeronea

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• The Greece city-states stayed separate but were
  unified under Macedonian rule.
• First under the rule of King Phillip II
• Phillip II planned to conquer Persia next
• But was murdered by a former guard before he
  could create a plan
• Succeeded by his 20 year old son, Alexander ?
  Alexander the Great

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• In 334, Alexander decided to carry out he and his
  fathers plan to conquer Persia.
• He led 35,000 soldiers in to Persia and won the
  first battle of the war.
• Angered King Darius III of Persia
• Darius III raised an army of 75,000 men to attack
  Alexanders army

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• Alexander received word of Darius upcoming
  attack.
• He cut off the Persian forces in Anatolia?
  Caught them by surprise
• Alexander then rushed Darius forces
• Darius was frightened and fled the battlefield.
• Alexander gained control of Anatolia

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• Darius tried to negotiate with Alexander
• He offered Alexander all of his lands west of the
  Euphrates River
• Alexander rejected ? Announced his plan to
  conquer the WHOLE Persian empire.

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• Alexander marched into Egypt in 332 B.C.
• He was crowned a pharaoh
• He founded the city of Alexandria along the Nile
• Darius assembled an army of 250,000 men and the
  two armies met at Gaugamela
• Once again, Alexander pushed through the Persian
  forces and forced Darius to flee

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• Darius IIIs retreat ended his reign over the
  Persian Empire
• Alexanders army occupied Babylon, Susa, and
  Persepolis (Persias capital)
• Alexander burned Persepolis to the ground
• Alexander continued pushing east, conquering
  every civilization he encountered
• Fought for 11 years
• Fought all the way to India

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Alexanders Empire
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• In the Spring of 323, Alexander became very ill
  in Babylon and died at the age of 33
• After his death, his many generals fought over
  the legacy that he created.
• Alexanders conquering had an incredible cultural
  impact
• Adopted Persian style of dress
• Adopted many Persian ways of life
• New cultures mixed Macedonia Greece Persia