Virtual Assignment #7

Philip II- Philip II was the king of Macedonia from, 359 BC until he was assassinated in 336 bc.  He was also the father of Alexander the Great And Philip III.  During his time in Power, Philip the second raised Macedonia to one of the highest fighting powers by reviving the ancient Macedonian Army, and installing the Macedonian Phalanx which proved to be a successful tactic on the Battlefield, and allowed them to be victorious over many other powerful forces. With this newfound military strength, Philip took the Greek city-states of Athens and Thebes.  When he took over these states he pushed to make a greek league of city-states, called the League of Corinth. While he was in command of this league he was unfortunately assassinated by a royal bodyguard.  This left the invasion of the Persians to his successor, Alexander.

Alexander The Great - Alexander was born in 365 bc and succeeded his father at age 20.  He spent most of his years in an unprecedented military campaign across Asia and Africa. By the age of 30, he created one of the largest empires in the ancient world. During his youth, he was tutored by the great philosopher Aristotle.  After the assassination of his father, Alexander was given generalship of ancient Grece.  in 334 Bc he invaded the first Persian empire.  he then started a military campaign that lasted 10 years and he eventually overthrew the king of the empire, Darius III and took the empire.  He later died in Babalon in 323 Bc, the city that he planned to make his capital.  Alexander's legacy also includes many instances of cultural diffusion, rather than imposing his own culture. He also founded several cities that bore his name, most notably, Alexandria in Egypt.   He was responsible for the majority of greek cultural spreading.

Darius III - Darius was the last king of the Achaemenid empire.  He ruled from 336 BC to 330 BC. during his rule, his empire was very unstable and it was ruled mostly by jealous governors.  then in 334, Alexander took the empire's capital as well as the rest of the empire.  Then Alexander decided to pursue Darius, but he was killed by his cousin.