exam 1 Flashcards
persepolis
capital of the persian empire
burned by alexander in 330 BCE
issus
first meeting of alexander and darius in 333 BCE
alexander won and took darius’s family
alexander sends letter saying that him and darius are not equals
egypt
major source of wheat
taken by alexander in 332
alexandria
founded in 331
major trading port
chaeronea
philip ii defeats thebes in 338
philip dies
alexander becomes king in 336
sack of thebes
alexander defeats thebes in 335
completely ruins the city to establish his power and legitimacy
granicus
alexander first encounters and defeats persian troops in 334
oracle of ammon
alexander declares himself son of ammon in 332» link to divinity and legitimize
guagmela
second meeting of alexander and darius in 331
completely defeats persians
mutiny at opis
troops no longer want to continue in 324
feel that alexander has become too persian
babylon
alexander returns in 324
meant to become quasi capital of his empire
death
alexander dies in babylon in 323
proskynesis
act of honoring kings/gods
was a source of unrest within alexanders macedonian companions
susa
alexander and his men marry persian noble women
see persians as equals in 324
leuctra
thebes defeats sparta and becomes major greek power
hydaspes river
alexander must cross to defeat porus and take india in 326
darius
king of persian
defeated by alexander
philip ii
alexander’s dad
established macedonia within mediterranean
demosthenes
athenian orator that opposed alexander
was blamed for athens’ relative failures
cleitus
killed by alexander in 328
claimed that alexander was no longer a macedonian king and had lost his loyalities
shunned proskynesis
epaminondas
theban leader that defeats sparta and is later defeated by philip
hephaestion
alexander’s best fried
advised alexander to lead out of babylon
his death in 324 caused alexander to spiral
ptolemy
left in charge of egypt
