Alexander the Great · Macedon? 8. What happened at Tyre? 9. What happened when Alexander conquered Egypt and why did he need to see the oracle at Siwa? 12. Why did Alexander burn

ALEXANDER THE GREAT 356BC-323BC

BIRTH OF ALEXANDER AND PHILIP II OF

MACEDON Olympias

Philip II

ALEXANDER GROWING UP

“Macedonia is too small for you”

Aristotle

Bucephalus Hephaestion

PHILLIP II CONQUEST OF GREECE

Macedonian

Phalanx

Thebes

Athens

TALK WITH YOUR GROUP: COULD THE

MACEDONIAN PHALANX DEFEAT THE

SPARTAN PHALANX?

BATTLE OF CHAERONEA

Companion Cavalry

THE DIVIDE BETWEEN PHILIP II AND ALEXANDER

Olympias Phillip Cleopatra

DEATH OF PHILIP II 336 BC

Pausanias

TALK IN YOUR GROUP: HOW DO YOU

SEPARATE FACT FROM FICTION WHEN IT

COMES TO ALEXANDER THE GREAT? (FYI:

NO HISTORIAN WROTE ABOUT ALEXANDER

DURING HIS LIFETIME)

ALEXANDER TAKE THRONE AND THEBAN

REVOLT

“You are invincible my son”

ALEXANDER’S CONQUEST OF PERSIA (DARIUS III)

GORDIAN KNOT

TURN AND TALK TO YOUR GROUP: WHAT

DOES THE STORY OF THE GORDIAN KNOT

TELL YOU ABOUT ALEXANDER’S

CHARACTER?

BRAIN BREAK

BATTLE OF ISSUS

DARIUS III OFFERS PEACE 332BC

SIEGE OF TYRE

CONQUEST OF EGYPT

AM I A GOD?

Siwa

Zeus Ammon

TALK TO YOUR GROUP: WHAT DO YOU THINK

ALEXANDER’S TROOPS THOUGHT OF

ALEXANDER’S REVELATION THAT HE WAS A

GOD? WAS ALEXANDER ABANDONING HIS

CORE RELIGIOUS VALUES?

SHOWDOWN WITH DARIUS III THE BATTLE OF

GAUGAMELA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7INbL9O8E6o

KING OF ASIA

Persepolis

Bessus

PURSUIT OF INDIA

AND AFGHANISTAN

330BC

Roxana

Philotas and Parmenio

157:19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anJNKLII3NA

1. Who was Phillip II?

4. Why was the Battle of

Chaeronea important for

both Phillip II and

Alexander?

7. Explain the Battle of

Issus and the

capturing of Darius’s

family.

2. Explain Alexander’s

upbringing and how he

was destined to be a

powerful ruler?

3. How was the

Macedonian phalanx

superior to the Greek

phalanx?

6. What was the

Gordian Knot and why

was it symbolic for

Alexander?

5. How did Alexander

take the throne of

Macedon?

8. What happened at

Tyre?

9. What happened when

Alexander conquered

Egypt and why did he need

to see the oracle at Siwa?

12. Why did Alexander

burn down the palace

at Persepolis?

11. What happened to

Darius III?

10. What was the

outcome at

Gaugamela?

14. How was Alexander’s

empire broken up upon his

death?

13. Why and where

did Alexander die?