Alexander Syria, Phoenicia and Egypt

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AlexanderSyria, Phoenicia and Egypt
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A map of Phoenicia and Egypt
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QUESTION

• WHY DID ALEXANDER CONTINUE ON HIS PREPLANNED
  COURSE, CONQUER SYRIA AND EGYPT INSTEAD OF
  ADVANCING INTO PERSIA

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STUDY GUIDE pg 43-44Alexs speech at Tyre

• When Alexander received the news from Tyre (that
  the Tyrians refused to let him sacrifice to
  Hercules Melcarth), he angrily sent the envoys
  back and, calling together his Companions and the
  generals, the battalion and squadron commanders,
  he made the following speech

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• Friends and allies, while the Persians control
  the sea, I do not see how we can safely advance
  against Egypt. Nor is it safe to pursue Darius
  leaving in our rear the neutral city of Tyre and
  Egypt and Cyprus under Persian rule. It would be
  particularly dangerous in view of the situation
  in Greece for if our forces advanced against
  Babylon and Darius, the Persians might regain
  control of the towns on the coast and with a
  larger expedition transfer the war to Greece
  wehre the Spartans are our declaredenemies and
  the city of Athens is kept loyal for the present
  more by fear than by good will to us.
• But if Tyre were destroyed the whole of Phoneicia
  would be in our hands and the Phoenician fleet,
  the largest and best part of the Persian navy,
  would in all probability come over to us. For if
  their cities are not occupied, the Phoenician
  oarsmen and marines will not put up with risking
  danger at sea for the sake of others. After this
  Cyprus will either join us of its own free will
  or it will easily be captured by a naval attack.
  Then, if we sail with the Macedonian ships and
  those from Phoenicia, after Cyprus is taken our
  command of the sea will be secure and our
  expedition to Egypt will thus be an easy matter.
  Finally, when we have brought Egypt over to our
  side we shall have no reason left for disquiet
  about Greece and our own country, and we shall
  make our expedition agianst Babylon with security
  at home, with greater prestige, and with the
  Persians excluded both from the sea at all points
  and from the territory west of the Eurphrates.

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PHOENICIA

• USING THE SLIDE BEFORE AND READ Hamilton pgs
  70-71
• Name four major cities mentioned
• Lack unity why? Significance of this?

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DARIUS NEGOITATING FOR HIS FAMILY

• Before the city fell a second embassy came from
  Darius. The Persian king offered Alexander a
  ransom of 10 000 talents for his family, and all
  territory west of the Euphrates, and proposed
  that Alexander should become his ally and marry
  his daughter. We are not told when this offer
  was made, whether before or after the break up of
  the Persian fleet, but once again Alexander
  completely rejected Darius offer. The country
  and its treasures, he asserted, were already his
  if he wished, he would marry Darius daughter
  with or without his permission. Parmenio, we are
  told, remarked that if he were Alexander he would
  accept the offer, to which Alexander made the
  celebrated replay, So would I, if I were
  Parmenio. This exchange may simply be part of
  the denigration of Parmenio, but even if it
  actually took place, we are not entitled to
  assume, as many do, that Philip would have agreed
  with his marshal. We just do not know.

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QUESTION

• What offer did Darius make
• What was Alexanders reply

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EGYPT - MEMPHIS

• Reading Hamilton 73-7 SG 37-38 Answer these
  questions
• How was he welcomed here?
• What did he do here? What do his actions reveal
  about his personality?
• What festivities took play here? Why?

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SIWAH

1. What was this?
2. What is its significance?
3. Why did Alexander go there? Date?
4. What were some legendary stories that surround
   this expedition?
5. Result? What controversy was created by this?