WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Starting in 358 BC, Philip II of Macedonia took on nearby city-states to expand his own territory. He ultimately unified Greece. When Philip was killed, his son, Alexander the Great, took power and then built Greece into an empire.

Detailed explanation-2: -Soldiers moved closely together in a rectangular formation as if they were one giant soldier. One phalanx could contain 265 soldiers. King Philip’s military battles and diplomatic tactics resulted in the expansion of his empire and domination over all of Greece.

Detailed explanation-3: -Campaigns against the Greeks Then, in 357 BC, Philip conquered the northern Greek cities of Pydna in 357 BC and Potidaea in 356 BC. This led to the Third Sacred War, which was fought between Amphictyonic League of northern Greek city states and the Phocians, who had seized control of the Delphic Oracle.

Detailed explanation-4: -Philip was the self-proclaimed protector of the Roman Catholic Church. He sought to limit the spread of Protestantism, and he ultimately completed the work of unification begun by Ferdinand and Isabella (the “Catholic Monarchs”) in the Iberian Peninsula.

Detailed explanation-5: -Battle of Chaeronea, (August 338 bce), battle in Boeotia, central Greece, in which Philip II of Macedonia defeated a coalition of Greek city-states led by Thebes and Athens.

Detailed explanation-6: -In 338 B.C., at the pivotal Battle of Chaeronea in Boeotia, Philip II completed what was to be the last phase of his domination when he became the undisputed ruler of Greece.