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Alexander the Great. Early Life. Taught by Aristotle Goal: Unify all for peace – (M&G&P) Crushed army in Thebes – scared Greeks 334-331: Crushed Persia in 3 battles Marched 11 yrs – 20,000 & never lost a battle Went all the way to Northern India. Later Life.
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Early Life • Taught by Aristotle • Goal: Unify all for peace – (M&G&P) • Crushed army in Thebes – scared Greeks • 334-331: Crushed Persia in 3 battles • Marched 11 yrs – 20,000 & never lost a battle • Went all the way to Northern India
Later Life • His goal of unification not completed • Proclaimed himself God which M & G did not like • Greeks did not want equal treatment for P • Established 70 new cities • Alexandria, Egypt: became center of trade & learning • Library: Famous Scientists worked & largest collection of books • 323 BC – at 33 died from illness in Babylonia • Buried in royal tomb in Alexandria
End of the Empire • Alexander’s general divided lands • Trade grew • Greek cultural grew • $, language, law, schooling, business • Factories started to be built in Greece • People emigrated out of Greece