Anatolya 
King of troy : perium son is paris 
Herodotus 
Persians invade Greece
Battle of thermopylae 
Tight path not many people could come
Sparta controlled path for Greece
Fought for three days
Athens burn it down
Battle of Samalis 
Sparta-strong city state 
Age of tryants
650 BC sparta is the most dominant 
1 out of every 5 woman who gave birth died
Battle of salamis
480 BC- Persian wars come to a close greeks are winners
Annual festival with games
Sparta and Athens go to war= Peloponnesian wars 
 walls put up but everyone is trapped inside them. this makes a plague break out 
Alexander the Great
Born to king phillip of macedon
Father gruff old guy and was assasinated when he was 19 and then took the thrown 
He got revenge. 
Makes his name as the guy who gets revenge on persians….invades persia
If you can undo the knot you can become ruler of the world…..knot on ox cart
He slashed to knot with his sword because it never said how to undo it  and became ruler of the world 
Egyptians hate Persians so they like alex for getting revenge on them. 
Met on the battle field 
333 BC. The battle of Issus- alexander met Darius 
 

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