Essay Archive - 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 syst....
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