6. The Invasion of Persia War Machines Siege towers, catapults used effectively for first time Could hurl huge arrows, boulders 180 meters
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Hinweis der Redaktion
At daughter’s wedding celebration by one of his 7 body guards Assassin tripped over vine and was killed
Tamed untameable horse Wanted to be like Achilles his hero Philip agreed to rebuild Aristotle's hometown, which he had razed, and to repopulate it by buying and freeing the ex-citizens who were slaves, or pardoning those who were in exile
Phalanx was 16 men deep, used 4-meter-long spears
Do not take Alexander seriously Persians had greater numbers
both have 30 000 Famous mosaic found in italy Never grew facial hair so it would not be pulled in battle
Phoenicia (source of ships and sailors) Damascus (takes Persian war treasury) Egypt (crowned Pharoah) In egypt, egyptians see him as liberator, welcome him and crown him pharoah Travels to the desert to see oracle – tells him he is a god, the son of ra Starts thinking he is invincible, develops a god complex
Enormous army, plus 200 elephants
Died in bablyon in king Nebuchadnezzar’s palace Never made it back to Greece Theories on death -alcohol poisoning -poisoned One story says he lay in bed unable to talk will soldiers filed past
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