Test study sheet

King Philip II of Macedon
Father of Alexander the Great
he kept many different wives
Was the King of Macedon
One of the best military minds
Trouble with Alexander
Olympia
Mother of Alexander
Got along with Alexander unlike his father
Alexander convinced people he was the son of Zeus because he didn't like his father
Alex tamed horse
only one that coud train horse
Leonidas
Alexander's tutor
Alex was a bad student
Aristotle tutored Alex and taught him the following
Politics
Drama
Poetry
Science
Philosophy
Alex's favorite book was the Iliad and he would not go anywhere without it


King Phillip dies in 336 B.C.
He was assassinated by his own body guard, who was in love with him, and became jealous so he killed him
Bucephalus was Alex's horse
Bucephalus in Greek means "ox-head"
King Philip may have been assassinated by the Persian Empire
Alex took over at age 22
Alex faught against king Porus from India
Battle Guagamela 331 BC
Assakenai/ India Battle
Annapois where Bucepholus died
Alex may have died from the flu or infections, alcohol poisoning, poisoning
Alex had a son, Alexander forth, who was born after his death
Alex said that the strongest gets to be King next
All faught over who was going to be King and the empire got divided
Alexander was the first King of Asia
He conquered the Asia Minor, Syria, and Egypt
He ruled the largest empire - Macedonia
Roxana was one of Alex's wives more popular one

I also was absent from class the last day before break.