Background to the Battle of Thebes: Philip II’s Campaign in Greece To understand why the destruction of Thebes took place in 335 BCE, it’s important to look back to the campaigns of Alexander ...

Thebes, the city of the god Amon, was the capital of Egypt during the period of the Middle and New Kingdoms. With the temples and palaces at Karnak and Luxor, and the necropolises of the Valley of the ...

As a system of government, democracy quickly spread to a number of other leading city-states ... to a shadow of its former self. But Thebes' dominance of Greece would be short-lived.