Alexander notes continued......

• Alexander went to Persepolis
• he met the the Persians at issus

• Alexander beat the Persians in this battle because they had put all their strength on one side and all their weak on one side. Darius gets away and is left for dead by his own people. Alexander went after the person who left Darius for dead. Why does he do this? He is now in charge of Persia and wants to get the people of Persia to like him by defeating the man who killed their king. He went east and as he went East took over everything. When he reached the sea he went West. While going west they are hit and attacked over and over again. He hears talk of other civilizations and wants to keep going but his men want to go home. He lets them. All of his men that originally came with him are dead all over Persia, his men have married Persian women. On their way back his friend dies and he becomes depressed. He drinks a lot and dies of sickness. He was around 32 years old when he died. When he dies his empire is split between his generals. The two basic areas that were split up were the Seleucid Empire, Eastern Part.