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How Alexander The Great Conquered The Persians

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Egyptians War 1. Alexander the great was a king of a kingdom of Macedon. Alexander the great conquered the persians. Alexander's father was King Philip the II. Philip II had built up a strong and united empire in Ancient Greece, which Alexander inherited. Alexander known as one of the best military leaders in history. 2. After the Persian War, Athens and Sparta had agreed to a Thirty Year Peace. They didn't want to fight each other while they were trying to recover from the Persian War. During this time, Athens became powerful and wealthy and the Athenian empire grew under the leadership of Pericles. The word Peloponnesian comes from the name of the peninsula in southern Greece called the Peloponnese. This peninsula was home to many of
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