Today we took a pop quiz, which went sorta well. I got a 5/7, hopefully I can get my grade up. I took some notes when I could but I didn't get much. Here's what I got:
Macedonia is located just north of Greece though they thought they were a part of Greece. Greece looked down upon them. Their only valuable resource was their king
In 359 B.C. Philip II became the king of Macedonia. He was 23 years old but still proved to be a brilliant general and a ruthless politician. He transformed the citizens to a well trained army. This army was a phalanx formation 30 x 30 with 18 foot pikes. This along with his fast moving calvary helped to win numerous battles.
The Greeks failure to unite (Athens and Thebes united in 338 B.C. but it was too late) resulted in their demise. Macedonia soundly defeated the Greeks at the battle of Chaernea. The idea to unite was proposed by Demosthenes.
Philip wanted to then conquer Persia though he never got to because he got stabbed by a former guard.
His son took power, and because of his accomplishments over the next 13 years, he was called Alexander the Great.
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