Alexander was born in Greece.
Alexander was born in Macedonia/Macedon.
Alexander was born in Pella.
Alexander was born in 356 BCE.
After the Peloponnesian War, the Greeks are ready to fight.
After the Peloponnesian War, the Greeks are week.
The Peloponnesian War lasted for 50 years.
The Peloponnesian War lasted for 27 years.
The Peloponnesian War created a power vacuum in Greece.
Thebes and Sparta gain equal power.
Thebes takes advantage of the previously powerful and now weak city-states of Athens and Sparta and takes control.
The Greeks willingly except Thebes power.
The Greeks attempt to defeat Thebes in a battle for their freedom.
Pella was the center/capital of Macedonia.
When the Persians crossed the Hellespont to get to Greece several years earlier, Macedonia let the Persians walk through their backyards with little complaints.
The Macedonians battled the Persians but lost due to the small size of their empire and the power and size of the Persian empire.
Philip the Second hated Greek culture.
Philip the Second loved Greek culture.
Philip the Second learned about Greek culture while being a Greek prisoner of war.
Philip marries ONLY one women to form a marriage alliance.
Philip marries many women in order to gain control/alliances with other (small) lands.
Marriage alliances helped Macedonia finically and in terms of military.
Philip marries many women to avoid those cultures from killing him/fighting Macedonia.
most important marriage was to Greek woman.
Philip's most important marriage was to a woman named Olympia, who was the mother of Alexander.
Olympia does not want to be under Macedonia's full control, she only wants an alliance.
Marriage alliances only happened between poor people.
Alexander was the first born.
Philip neglects Alexander.
Philip wants to raise Alexander like a Greek boy.
Employ Greek teacher named Aristotle.
Order goes: Aristotle - Alexander - Socrates - Plato
Order goes: Socrates - Plato - Aristotle - Alexander
Philip wants to kill/take over Greece.
Philip wants to save Greece from themselves.
Philip takes over Thebes, and once the lead city-state is taken over the other city-states are easier to take over.
Macedonians love Persia.
The Greeks willingly forfeit to Macedon.
Philip feels like he is doing Greece a favor.
Last battle takes place at Chaeronea in 338 BCE
336 BCE Macedonian territory becomes huge.
Philip does not want Sparta.
