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Map of the Kingdom of Macedon at the death of Philip II in 336 BC (light blue), with the original territory that existed in 431 BC (red outline), and dependent states (yellow) Philip II was twenty-four years old when he acceded to the throne in 359 BC.
Macedonia, ancient kingdom centred on the plain in the northeastern corner of the Greek peninsula, at the head of the Gulf of Thérmai. In the 4th century bce it achieved hegemony over Greece and conquered lands as far east as the Indus River, establishing a short-lived empire that introduced the.
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Map of the Kingdom of Macedon at the death of Philip II in 336 BC (light blue), with the original territory that existed in 431 BC (red outline), and dependent states (yellow)
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Macedonia was a small kingdom centered along the Aegean Sea on the northeastern part of the Greek Peninsula. Greek political power was concentrated in southern city-states such as Athens, Spartaand Thebes, until the Macedonian king Phillip II conquered these areas during the first half of the fourth century B.C.
Phillip II created a federation of Greek states called the League of Corinth or Hellenic League to strengthen his military forces. It was the first time in history that most of the Greek states had joined together as a single political entity. Ancient Macedon was renowned for its military might. Phillip II introduced a new kind of infantry known as...
Alexander the Great was known as charismatic, ruthless, brilliant and bloodthirsty. His thirteen-year reign as king of Macedonia changed the course of both European and Asian history. The Greek philosopher Aristotletutored the teenage Alexander during Phillip II’s reign. Scholars have attributed Alexander’s diplomatic skills and habit of carrying b...
Ancient Macedonia was a culture rich in artistic achievements and scientific advances. Aristotle, considered by some the father of western philosophy, may have composed some of his most important works during the reign of Alexander the Great, including treatises on physics and metaphysics (a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of reality)....
Archaeologists began to explore the ancient kingdom of Macedonia in the late 19th century while the region was under the rule of the Ottoman Empire. Soldiers fighting on the Macedonian Front along the Greek border during World War I uncovered ancient Macedonian artifacts while digging trenches. British and French forces on the Macedonian Front empl...
The Rise of Macedonia and the Conquests of Alexander the Great; The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Achaeological site of Aigai; UNESCO. Imagining Macedonia in prehistory, ca. 1900 – 1930; Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology. The Death of Alexander the Great—a spinal twist of fate; Journal of the History of the Neurosciences. Why Macedonia still has a...
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30. Okt. 2018 · Contents. 1 History in maps. 2 Notes and references. 3 Entries available in the atlas. Μακεδονικό βασίλειο. English. Macedonian Empire. The Macedonian Empire was the name of an ancient kingdom in the northern-most part of ancient Greece, bordering the kingdom of Epirus on the west and the region of Thrace to the east.
5. Nov. 2018 · Macedon was an ancient kingdom located in the north of the Greek peninsula first inhabited by the Mackednoi tribe who, according to Herodotus, were the first to call themselves 'Hellenes' (later applied to all Greeks) and who gave the land their name.
5. Nov. 2022 · The kingdom that emerged in Macedon, or Macedonia as it was known by the Greeks themselves in the eighth century BC, was bound by the kingdoms of Paeonia and Epirus to the north and west respectively, and by the civilizations of Thessaly and Thrace to the south and east.
