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Intro: In 359 B.C., King

Alexander's mother Olympias tricked and talked to King Phillips' other wives in order for Alexander to take the throne. Because of his military experience, Alexander became known as Alexander The Great.

__G is for... Government!__
 * The Hellenistic people had a monarchy government with one king: Alexander The Great.
 * After King Philip II, monarch of Mesopotamia, died, Alexander took control of the throne. He wanted to invade Persia in order to expand his empire. Him and his troops crossed the Dardanelles in 334 B.C. Alexander being as great as he was, took control of much of the territory and established cities and towns.
 * Next, the Hellenistic army headed further east looking to invade India. In 326 B.C, they for the first time faced soldiers on elephants. This made them turn around and head home.
 * Alexander died without passing down his thrown to a heir, so the empire was left to the three generals who split the empire into the kingdoms: The Ptolemic Kingdom, which was the land in Egypt, The Seleucid Kingdom, the land in Persia, and lastly The Antigonid Kingdom, land of Macedonia and Greece.
 * The three kingdoms later fought for power and borders for the next 300 years!

Map of the three separate empires after Alexander The Great's death.

Hellenistic Empire invades Persia