HIST 150 Lecture 6: Macedonia & Rome 9/7/16
9 Sep 2016
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Greece unified in order to defeat the persians. The idea of unifying people with vastly different languages, cultures, economies, etc. is an attempt to make a world civilization/community. Macedonia: the leader was known as philip of macedonia, first use of phalanx , a military technique used to overwhelm the enemy and to keep own guys in line, 336 b. c. Phillip is assassinated, his young son, alexander takes over as the leader of macedonia. Alexander the great dies, some people say he was poisoned, had a disease, etc: as soon as alexander dies, his empire splits up. Had sense of security (because of the water: 509 b. c.
