Thursday, March 28, 2013

More Presentations


             In Wednesday’s class we watched more presentations. I learned new things such as how Alexander invaded India.  I learned that some people, who he was fighting against, would just surrender before battle because of his reputation to defeat anyone he battles with. In 326 B.C. Alexander battled with King Porus, and won. However, Bucephilis died in battle so he named the city Buckephalia after the horse. We also learned about his death.  He died around the age of 32. There were many possibilities and explanations to why he could have died, but the main hypothesis were:
        Alcoholic liver disease
        Poisoning
        Fever  
        Malaria
        Some type of FLU
It was absolute chaos after he died since he didn't leave nay one in charge He just said "it goes to the strongest." After 20 years of war finally 3 kingdoms were formed to rule their own portions of Greece. These were called the Hellenistic kingdoms. After his death they had body mummified with honey. It is still unknown what happened to body. 

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