Bucephalus Dies

India: Alexander invaded India in 327 BC, and sadly during this battle, his horse Bucephalus died.  Wah ): The Indians fought with elephants, and they still lost.  Alexander was begged by the General, General Coenus to back off and let the men return home because they conquered just about everything.  He finally agreed and they returned home, but lost many soldiers due to loss of heat, thirst and just natural causes, or in battle.  On their way home they took the Hydaspes and Indus River and battled against those who lived on the river as well.  In Malli he was injured.  Death:  He died on either the 10th or 11th of June in 323 BC.  His death is still a mystery and there are many theories, but all just theories.  His body was laid in a gold sarcophagus but was later replaced by glass so they could make coins out of it.  Treatment:  His empire was the largest of it's time.  After his death it remained under Macedonia for the next 200-300 years.  He believed and instigated intermarrying.  He wanted his people to mix with the others.  Alex wanted to combine cultures to see the outcome.  At first people didn't believe his death was real.  Alex passed Perdicus his signet ring.  When he died he was not specific as to whom he wanted to rule, so they fought to see who was most powerful.  The possession of the ring basically meant all the power.  Alex IV was born and he and Phillip II both were murdered.  In 321 Perdicus was assassinated.  Macedonia collapsed after 40 years of War.  Education, government and art were all based on the classic Greeks.

Watched Movie

All we did in class was watch the movie about Alexander the Great.  We didn't get to finish but we watched the parts about when Bucephalus dies in the battle against the Indians.  We saw some other battle scenes and also the part where is men tried to change his mind and go home.

Presenting

We presented our PowerPoint Friday and only got through a couple.  We basically talked about how Olympius  Alexander's mother had her husbands wife killed as well as her child.  This was to make sure Alexander would become king.  Then we talked a little about Bucephalus was tamed by him when no one else could.  Also, Alexander was taught by Aristotle.  And he and his mother ran away when Phillip tried to kill him.  When he came back to take control he had the man who killed his father assassinated.  Olympius also claimed Alexander was the son of Zeus. Darius was who they fought against the Persians.  Died at the age of 32, and he was poisoned.  Think one of his wine pourers did it to him.  Just a theory though.  encouraged people to mix.  Hellenistic: combined culture.

Presentations

We got in partners or groups of 3 to do a presentation for Alex the Great. Lucy and I are partners and we got the one about his war life and all of his accomplishments in that general area. The thing is worth 50 points so maybe it can boost my grade up.

Make up Test

I had to take my make-up test today, so I took most of the class to do that.  When I came in we talked about Alexande the Great and how he conquered so much of the land, but everyone had doubts about them.  He started rule at the age of like 20, and died around 34 I believe.  Some say it could have been caused from alcohol poisoning.  He also tortured and killed the people who were planning on rebelling against him.

Chaper 5

Hellenistic: Relating to Greek history, language, and culture from the death of Alexander the Great

 



Sparta dropped out of fighting and Athens created alliances with other city states.  The other city states that formed the alliances agreed to contributing money for the construction of triremes.  The Persians accepted their defeat in 445 BC because of a Greek city-state--Anatolia being freed, also around the time the city-states paying trubute to Athens got a little annoyed being ruled by and oligarchy.  They appealed to the Spartans to put a check on Athens, they finally agreed.  This therefore led to war.  This war was from 431-404 BC, and Pericles led Athens.  Athens and nearby city-state Piraeus formed a single stronghold.  Athens tried to block off any supplies from the sea but that would eventually fall.  Spartans won! WHOO!  The Athenians baisically gave in to the Spartans and were ruled by their oligarchy.  But they could not prevent Athens from going back to their democracy and independence.  Greek civilization flourished, Plato and Aristotle followed after the Peloponnesian War.  Power was rising in the noth of Grece,called Macedonia, this would soon stop the alliances of city-states.  Athens should not have gone up against Sparta because they were not as strong as they were previously, they needed to regain their strength, rather than rushing into it.  Also they should have thought through their plans.

No Class for Me

I wasn't in class today because I wasn't feeling super well.