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Essay Galaxy - Alexander's Empire
Alexander's Empire
The ancient Kingdom of Macedonia, situated in the north of modern
Greece, was established by Perdiccas I about 640 B.C. Perdiccas was a
Dorian, although the Macedonian tribes included Thracian and Illyrian
elements. Originally a semibarbarous and fragmented power, Macedon became
tributary to Persia under the Persian kings Darius I and Xerxes I and
thereafter struggled to maintain itself against Thracians and other
barbarians and against the Greek cities of the Chalcidice as well as Sparta
and Athens.
A new stage began with Archelaus (d.399 B.C.), who centralized the
kingdom with a system of roads and forts; he also fostered the
Hellenization of his people by inviting famous Greek artists, Euripides
among them, to his court.
Few regions gave much thought to Macedonia. The area was so primitive
that it seemed to b....
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