Athens vs. THIS IS SPARTA!!

-480 B.C. Athens and Sparta defeated the Persians
-Athens came out on top, they had arts, religion, money
-hostilities erupted between Athens and Sparta
-battles on plains of Attica= neither side defeating the other
-the Athenians were stuck in the walls that were around their port
-plague breaks out in many of the Athenians who can't leave die, they cannot get any supplies
-Sparta leaves and Athens must bring itself back up
-Sparta had allies in Sicily
-Athens used their navy to go around Sparta and attack Sicily. Alcibiades was the person who came up with the idea Sicilian expedition
-right before they were going to leave someone committed mass Vandalism and Alcibiades's political enemies convinced everyone he did it
-Alcibiades and his ships left for Sicily before anything could happen
-while he is gone they have a trial against him without him there and he is found guilty and they send another boat to get him
-he refuses to do it and goes to SPARTA (uh-oh)
-when the Athenian fleet gets to Sicily, Sparta and Sicily are there and ready. The Athenian fleet is greatly defeated

Alexander!

-Alexander the Great was taught by Aristotle

-his father was King Philip the the King of Macedonia

-Philip gets assassinated when Alexander is 19, making him King

-Alexander goes to Greece and gets revenge on those who killed his father

-After this he does not really know what to do and decides to take over the world

-He tries to take Persia and succeeds, by around 25 he rules most of the world

-He goes to Troy, throws a spear and when it lands he says "With this Spear i conquer Persia"

-goes to Persian coast and defeats the Persians there

-Gordian Knot

-Alexander goes to Gordian. A huge knot is on a cart and it has so many ends you don't know where to start. Legend goes that whoever can undo the knot will become the conquerer of the world. Alexander hears the story decides to do it. Alexander chops the knot with his sword and says "it does not matter how you undo the knot"

-He goes to Egypt and is hailed as a king because they hate Persia

-he and his friends go to the Oasis of Siwa