Notes from pages 142-145 in the textbook!

Today in class. Mr. Schick and the students reviewed on the test coming up tomorrow. I have finished all the recent assignments and note taking from the textbook. I still have to copy the notes from pages 142-145 from my notebook into the blog. Main idea- Alexander the Great conquered Persia and Egypt and extended his empire to the Indus River, in Northwest India. In the nearby kingdom of Macedonia, King Philip II took note. Philip dreamed of taking control of Greece and then moving against Persia to seize its vast wealth. Philip also hoped to average the Persian invasion of Greece in 480 B.C. The kingdom of Macedonia located just North of Greece, had rough terrain and a cold climate. Philip II became king of Macedonia. Though only 23 years old, he quickly proved to be a brilliant general and a ruthless politician. Demosthenes. The Athenian orator tried to warn the Greeks of the threat Philip and his army posed. Because of his accomplishments over the next 13 years, he became known as Alexander the Great. Although Alexander was only 20 years old when he became king, he was well prepared to lead. Alexander felt free to carry out his father's plan to invade and conquer Persia. In 334 B.C, he led 35,000 soldiers across the Hellespont into Anatolia. Alexander's victory at Granicus alarmed the Persian king, Darius III. Shaken by his defeat, Darius tried to negotiate a peace settlement. Alexander marched into Egypt, a Persian territory, in 332 B.C. The Egyptians welcomed Alexander's advisers urged him to accept. Within a short time, Alexander's army occupied Babylon, Susa, and Persepolis. A few months after it was occupied, Persepolis: Persia's royal capital, burned to the ground. Alexander now reigned as the unchallenged ruler of Southwest Asia. He found Darius already dead, murdered by one of his provincial governors. In 326 B.C, Alexander and his army reached the Indus Valley. At the Hydaspes River, a powerful Indian army blocked their path. By the spring of 322 B.C., Alexander and his army had reached Babylon. After Alexander died, his Macedonian generals fought among themselves for control of his empire. Eventually, three ambitious leaders won out. Alexander himself adopted Persian dress and customs and married a Persian woman. Those were all of the notes from pages 142-145 in the textbook, there are also some terms that Mr. Schick informed us that will be on the test. Aristophanes, Hubris, Lysistrata, Sophocles, and Oedipus Rex. That is all I did in class and for my blog today.