Notes 2-25- continuing on Alexander from yesterday

• The Battle of Issus: Darius was front and center of the Persian line.
• Darius vs Alexander- Persians vs Macedonians
• The Macedonians win of course, because Alexander sends his calvary around the side of Darius' army, and the weak archers, who are on the outside, run away, and the good archers, with Darius, are left open and vulnerable. People are coming at them from their front and side.
• After this battle, Alexander hunts down the man who left Darius for dead. He cuts of Bessus'(idk how to really spell it) ears, tongue, and stuff off, which is a Persian tradition for traitors.
• Then Alexander moves into another area, where he meets horseman, very skilled warriors. This is his first defeat. But he and his men push on.
• Later, there is a confrontation between him and his men. he says that they should go beyond the river, because he has heard stories of people living out there. His men do not want to go. He finally agrees that they can go home.
• He allows his men to marry Persian wives, and he has gotten married and dressed as a Persian king. Persia changed Alexander.
• He goes on one last march, and comes back up to the ancient city of Babylon. There, he loses a dear friend in an accident, and becomes extremely depressed. He finally becomes very ill with a fever, and he dies. He was 32 when he died. He had conquered LOTS of land. All of his land was split up between many different generals.
• Ptolemy