In reading the round 1 discussions it is clear that we came to similar conclusions as to which events portrayed the Greeks resisting Alexander’s enterprises the most. We all pulled from similar events; the revolt at Thebes, the Aegean war and the Peloponnesian revolt. The opinions of the state of unification of the Greeks, differs among the responses.
In Harneet’s response I liked the focus on Sparta and the Peloponnesian revolt. By focusing on this event the essay was able to contain more detail from the readings, allowing for better expression of the points being made. Harneet was able to find another way in which the Greeks thwarted Alexander’s enterprises, in that these revolts undermined Alexander’s PanHellenic claim that his kingdom was unified in his pursuit of Persia. This is a point I would have really liked to have put in my essay, as I feel it highlights Greek city-states self-preservation, particularly when they gifted Alexander with the golden crown in honor of his achievements on behalf of Greece. (Unit 9: Source Readings) Appeasing Alexander by saying that what he achieved was in fact a PanHellenic victory, showed that the Greeks were willing to drop what they believed in, in order to prevent incurring the wrath of Alexander. …show more content…
When writing my essay I didn’t view this as a Greece united because the entirety of Greece did not fight together, but reading her essay showed me that technically for a time the Greek city-states would put aside their differences to combine forces in these revolts. However, I still do ultimately believe that they were disunited, due to the self-preservation tactic of asking Alexander for forgiveness every time he had the upper
In Harneet’s response I liked the focus on Sparta and the Peloponnesian revolt. By focusing on this event the essay was able to contain more detail from the readings, allowing for better expression of the points being made. Harneet was able to find another way in which the Greeks thwarted Alexander’s enterprises, in that these revolts undermined Alexander’s PanHellenic claim that his kingdom was unified in his pursuit of Persia. This is a point I would have really liked to have put in my essay, as I feel it highlights Greek city-states self-preservation, particularly when they gifted Alexander with the golden crown in honor of his achievements on behalf of Greece. (Unit 9: Source Readings) Appeasing Alexander by saying that what he achieved was in fact a PanHellenic victory, showed that the Greeks were willing to drop what they believed in, in order to prevent incurring the wrath of Alexander. …show more content…
When writing my essay I didn’t view this as a Greece united because the entirety of Greece did not fight together, but reading her essay showed me that technically for a time the Greek city-states would put aside their differences to combine forces in these revolts. However, I still do ultimately believe that they were disunited, due to the self-preservation tactic of asking Alexander for forgiveness every time he had the upper