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Alexander the Great

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  • built an empire
  • spread Greek culture into Egypt and many parts of Asia
  • paved the way for new civilizations to develop in those areas
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Alexander the boy

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  • son of Phillip II of Macedon: wanted Greece and assassinated
  • Alexander king at 20: trained all his life and conquered Greece
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The Persians

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  • 334 B.C. takes on Persians
  • Alexander’s men: small, loyal, well trained
  • Persians: large and disorganized
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empire grows

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  • 1 year-conquered Persia
  • Egypt-named pharaoh
  • destroys Persia in modern-day Iraq: Darius III flees
  • burned Persian capital to the ground
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Alexander’s desires

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  • bigger empire, more power

- men grew weary: wanted to go home and turned back west from India

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death

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  • 323 B.C. in Babylon
  • became ill and died at age 33
  • left largest empire world has seen with no heir: fighting among generals for power and 3 divide the empire

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