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Alexander The Great: The Kingdom Of Macedonia Dominate The Greek World

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Alexander The Great's parents were King Philip II and Queen Olympia. After his fathers death Alexander got the support of the Macedonian Army and eliminated his enemies to become king and leader of the Corinthian League. He eventually conquered Persia and Egypt. But to understand how the Kingdom of Macedonia dominated the Greek world we need to know what happened during the Battle of Leuctra in 371 BC, between Sparta and Thebes. As we all know Sparta defeated Athens in 404 BC which ended the Peloponnesian War. After the war Sparta was week and Thebes, who was once Sparta's ally, decided to go to war with Sparta over territory. Sparta eventually won that battle and latter had control over most of the Peloponnese. In 335 BC Alexander was challenged by a Thebes rebellion. As Alexander invaded the city the Thebes resisted and Alexander decided to make an example of them by destroying their whole city except for the temples and home of Pinder. …show more content…

Alexander created an alliance with a group by marrying the local princess, Roxanne. In 326 BC, Alexander entered India where he met Porus, whom had 200 war elephants and prevented Alexander from crossing the Hydaspes River. Alexander used trickery to cross the river and after a hard-fought battle and the death of some of his men Alexander defeated Porus. Alexander was impressed with Porus and allowed his to continue as a local ruler and received some war elephants and rides from Porus. Alexander wanted to continue onwards towards China but Alexander's army refused to go any further eats with the him. After Alexander sulked in his tent for two days, he emerged saying that the gods told him that he should go home. Alexander's army made the difficult march south in what is now known as Pakistan. Alexander faced many obstacles along the way. During a siege in a city Alexander was almost

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