SOSC 1731 Lecture 3: SOSC 1732 Alexander the Great Notes

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1731
• Professor: Lewis Code

Document Summary

Alexander the great and the birth of hellenism. Alexander the great"s father was philip ii of macedon, king of. Mecedonia. run by the greeks until he took over. He was held captive during his childhood in thebes by the. After the palepaligion war, sparta & athens were weakened. He conquered thessaly, thrace & molossia; they were added to the macedonian empire. Athens & thebes still controlled a lot of the land, and philip wanted to conquer them. They fought back & joined together to protect themselves. His used his new empire to create his league of allies. The result of cities joining his league & him pressuring other cities to join was the league of corinth . He threatened the lone holdouts: the spartans. The masedonians respected the greek people"s achievements. With the masedonians leading, greek culture looked poised to take over the world, but then phillip was assassinated by his ex-boyfriend, paulsanious.