Day 21

Today in class we took notes. from the book on pages 142-145. My notes consisted of " Alexander lived from 356 to 323 b.c. , when. Alexander was only 8 or 9 he tamed a wild horse that none of his fathers grooms could tame. Alexander calmed the horse, who's name was Bucephalus, by speaking gently. seeing the control of the horse he had Phillip II said: "you'll have to find another kingdom; Macedonia isn't big enough for you." Alexander took his fathers advice. riding Bucephalus at the head of a great arm, he conquered the land from Greece to the Indus River valley. When the horse does in what is now Pakistan Alexander named the city of becephala after is. Maybe he was tired of the name Alexandria. By this time he had already named a dozen cities after himself. , He was the king of Macedonia. , The hellespont is the ancient name for the dardanelles the narrow straits that separate Europe from Asia Minor. "