Philip II of Macedon

Address the question of how Greek democracy ended. Based on this week story reading understanding that I have learned and understand about the Legacy of Athenian Democracy. A Greek democracy season that starts following their downfall of Athens, I think Spartans play a big roll to provide a chance to the Athenians to substitute the government of the Thirty Tyrants with a new democratic system. The tyrannies had been a destructive and bloody disappointment, and have a Spartans support…

than expected of him. Son of King Philip II and Queen Olympia he was born in Macedonia. The movie Alexander: Ultimate Cut shows how when Alexander’s father, King Philip II, dies him taking the throne and making it a mission to be the most powerful ruler. The 2004 film Alexander: The Ultimate was directed by Oliver Stone. The movie portrayed many good actors such as Collin Farrel as Alexander, Alexander, Angelina Jolie as Queen Olympia, Val Kilmer as King Philip, Christopher Plummer as Aristotle…

Jared Weber Nathan Hyde World History 1 December 2015 Alexander the Insane Throughout history, there have been quite a few leaders who have lead their people to victory. Many of these people are common names that most everyone has heard, such as Genghis Khan, or Napoleon. One of the more famous leaders is Alexander The Great. This popular Macedonian king lead his army on a conquest to get revenge on Persia after the end of the Persian wars. Alexander is most famous for technically never losing…

household name. Was Alexander of Macedonia really “great” like everyone says he is? I say, yes, he was Alexander the Great. During his time as King, Alexander led many conquests. His father, Philip II of Macedonia had dreams of conquering the Persian Empire which was the largest empire at the time. When Philip was murdered in 336 BCE, the League of Corinth elected Alexander as Philip’s successor. The Thebans openly opposed this and started rebellions in 335 BCE to try and declare independence…

the formation that would have allowed the enemy to attack, but Alexander saw it and quickly went to fill it with the calvary. This quick action helps the Macedonian army win the battle and defeat Greek allied city -states which gave his father Philip II control over most of Athens ( documentary). This would become one of his many military victories. His victories included the battle of Tyre. After the victory at Issus against the Persian king, Alexander processed to Phoenicia and Syria. All…

Myth Story Millions of years ago there was a greek legend named Nurmagomedov. He was one of the greatest warriors known to man. While being known in Greece, Nurmagomedov was actually from America. Nobody actually knows who his parents were but legend has it that he arose from an errupting valcano in Hawaii. Not long after being pushed out of the valcano, Nurmagomedov was very curious and took up building weapons mainly out of rocks and wood. After years of wondering around Hawaii, Nurmagomedov…

Sphere of Influence As my first leader I am picking Alexander the Great. Alexander the great influenced in a lot of regions. He has made an impact in western and eastern culture. He influenced Greek culture through most of Asia and Europe. Even Africa and Parts of the middle east were heavily influenced by Alexander. Alexander rose from the top to become one of the most popular military generals in all of history. Alexander had an Empire the conquered from Greece, to Asia, Egypt, India, and…

Alexander the Great was a macedonian ruler that conquered all of Greece, Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, Egypt and part of persia in all of 15 years. He was the son of Philip of Macedonia. Adolf Hitlerwas the ruler of the Natzis during World War II. He had invaded and conquered Poland, Germany, Hungary, parts of Russia, France and more territories over the span of 11 years. Both men had come from totally different time periods and have totally different personalities, although the two men have three…

was resolved with Alexander’s remaining friends creating three major dynasties, and his former empire had been history. Ptolemy ruled the Ptolemaic kingdom in Egypt, Seleukos ruled the Seleucid empire in Asia and Atas ruled the Antigonid Empire in Macedon. Following the battles, the people of Greece were finally able to flourish, and Hellenization was able to grow throughout the new, widespread kingdoms. New things such as art, religion and other philosophies had developed in the lands, and…

In June of 323 BCE, amongst the lush vegetation, Alexander of Macedon, also known as Alexander the Great, took his last breath. You may be wondering why I am mentioning this in a paper focused on Cleopatra, but this significance of this cannot be overlooked. Simply because it would be his death and the events that happened after that led to Cleopatra taking the throne of Egypt. For 12 years, Alexander the Great, who led his first battle at 16 and became king at 20, propelled into the world and…