Greeks and Persains

Though out ancient history the Greeks ( google book) and the Persians( google book) fought. They had two very different cultures, however they both did wan to same thing. Both Civilisations wanted to conquer the world. The Persian Empire was very lager, however they wanted to make to even bigger. The Greeks wanted to make very one like them, they wanted speared their culture though out the world. Link

Greece was a upcoming place, it was besoming great in a very short amount of time. Greece was being coming a threat the the Persians. The Persians wanting to rule could not have Greece or Athens become more powerful them then. Leading up to many wars against the Greeks, In the Persian decide that they were going to conquer Greece. link

The Battle at Marathon was when the Persians come to take over Greece. Marathon was twenty miles from Athens, Greece. At This Battle The Greeks won, giving a new hope that they would defeat the Persians. A good thing about them fighting with the person was it was the one and only time that it brought Greece together as one. Athens and Sparta were fighting all the time, this one time however, they work together as one. link

"This battle meant a boost for the Athenian self-confidence, and the city became even stronger after the discovery of silver ore near Laurion. The new affluence was used to build a large navy."
The way that the Greeks would defect the Persians was by water. The Greeks had the best navy a around. it was smaller then the Persians. The way the Greeks won, was they would out think the Persian something that people from Athens was very good at. link

"For the Persians this defeat was a relatively minor affair. Their empire would last for 150 years more, and would often play a leading, if largely indirect, role in Greek affairs. For the Greeks the results were far more marked. They took great pride in their success against overwhelming odds, and became still more proud of their culture and conscious of the difference which they believed distinguished them from their "barbarian" neighbors. " There were two very different place that wanted the same thing. The Greeks were very proud of what they had done. source

Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great was a very strong leader. He lead many military excursions winning everyone of them. Alexander was a student of the famous Greek philosopher, Aristotle.He trained Alexander in many thing, this would help him the great leader that he was .
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Alexander, born in Pella, the ancient capital of Macedonia he was the son of the King, Philip II.
Growing up he was a student under Aristotle. His Father wanted him to learn from one of the best, which did he, for we are still learning from him today. Alexander Leander about philosophy, literature, science, medicine, and rhetoric.
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When His father, Philip II died, Alexander took over as king at the age of twenty. In those twenty years he rulered more land then any other king in his history. Soon after he was made Pharaoh of Egypt, He conquered Greece's great enemy Persia, as well as the lands of Egypt and as far as India. google-books link


This is true, Alexander the Great want to war to win over country's, he never lost a battle. However he was greatly loved. Alexander was known to let people still do things the way they did them before like their religion. It is said that part of what made him so great was his character. It what won over most of his people. google-books


"Before his death, he conquered most of the world known to the ancient Greeks." Alexander had a short life for he lived until the age of thirty three. In his life time did many great things, he had goals in his life and he did things to make sure that he would meet his goals. Alexander the great is someone who we will still learn from to this day. link