1. a. Philip II was the king of Macedonia beginning in 359 B.C.; he was very young but still a very powerful and monumental individual.
b. Macedonia was a kingdom just north of Greece which was very cold and consisted of rough terrain.
c. Alexander the Great, which like his father was very able to lead. He took schooling from Aristotle and his military training when he was young proved very useful when leading his kingdom.
d. Darius III was the king of the Persian Empire. He was powerful, but not powerful enough to withstand Alexander's army. Many times, he lost to his army and later was found dead south of the Caspian Sea, after being conquered by Alexander's army many years earlier.
3. Philip II took advantage of Greek's refusal to unite and eventually took power of all of Greece since they were never one force, it was merely multiple small forces.
4. After reaching his father's goal of conquering Persia, Alexander continued trudging through Central Asia. Why? Well he wanted to reach the farthest edge of the continent. He was also told that he would be destined for a greater empire than his father would ever dream of. Why would he want to go against fate?
5. After Alexander's death, his empire was split into 3. This is because his Macedonian generals fought for power, and eventually, three generals took power, each getting more or less a third of the empire.
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