First War of the Diadochi - Alexander's Successors At War DOCUMENTARY

Kings and Generals animated documentary series on the history of Ancient World and Ancient Greece continues with the first video in the wars of the Diadochi - successors of Alexander of Macedon. Previously, we have covered Alexander's conquest of Persia (https://youtu.be/ApZf0BaaTmo) and his campaign in India, as well as his reforms, plans and death (https://youtu.be/XXK-vN1J61w). In the aftermath of his death, his generals - the Diadochi, started dividing his empire during the Council of Babylon and deciding who will rule the empire. Meleager's coup attempt failed and he was killed. To the west, the Greek city-states led by Athens rebelled against Antipater, leading to the Lamian War, while in Asia, Ptolemy famously stole Alexander's body, striking one of the first blow of the coming war (https://youtu.be/OQW38zxcKw8). This led to the First War of the Diadochi in which an alliance led by Perdiccas and Eumenes faced the alliance led by Antipater and Ptolemy at the battles of Camel's Rampart, Hellespont, Orkynia and Cretopolis in 321–319 BC, which Antipater and Ptolemy won, dividing the empire again during the Partition of Triparadeisos. 🎥 Join our YouTube members and patrons to unlock exclusive content! Our community is currently enjoying deep dives into the First Punic War, Pacific War, history of Prussia, Italian Unification Wars, Russo-Japanese War, Albigensian Crusade, and Xenophon’s Anabasis. Become a part of this exclusive circle: youtube.com/channel/UCMmaBzfCCwZ2KqaBJjkj0fw/join or patron: https://www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals and Paypal https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/kingsandgenerals as well! Other videos on Alexander and Macedon: Persianization of Alexander: https://youtu.be/5YPUhomJ_Dw How Rome Conquered Greece: https://youtu.be/v5q1rerf-qw Philip II and Macedonian Phalanx: https://youtu.be/OdlKvZIHgMY Philip II's Cavalry and Siegecraft: https://youtu.be/SDpORfsil0c Military Reforms of Alexander the Great: https://youtu.be/C8DzzseqBMw Alexander the Great: Logistics: https://youtu.be/ahfyIxLlbGA Special Forces of Alexander the Great: https://youtu.be/pdwplYV9ilM Ancient Macedonia before Alexander the Great and Philip II: https://youtu.be/FXX1FVYysjQ Why were Alexander's Body and Tomb So Important? https://youtu.be/9V9CXcH07Ic What happened to Alexander's tomb? https://youtu.be/dOg_OoNkCJc Alexander the Great in Quran and Middle Eastern Myths: https://youtu.be/Y2ne_VCsv9U The video was made by MalayArcher (https://www.youtube.com/user/MathemedicUpdates), while the script was researched and written by Christos Nicolaou. This video was narrated by Officially Devin (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU0-VII-V376zFxiRGMeZGg & https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC79s7EdN9uXX77-Ly2HmEjQ). Art by Banskie Ayuban. ✔ Merch store ► https://teespring.com/stores/kingsandgenerals ✔ Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/KingsandGenerals ✔ Podcast ►http://www.kingsandgenerals.net/podcast/ ✔ PayPal ► http://paypal.me/kingsandgenerals ✔ Twitter ► https://twitter.com/KingsGenerals ✔ Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/KingsGenerals ✔ Instagram ►http://www.instagram.com/Kings_Generals Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Tg5mohhXwokwhZUI8AMrmruhe6ZI-YO9VrCFFzKN5FU/edit?usp=sharing Production Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound: http://www.epidemicsound.com 00:00 Intro 02:08 First move of the war 05:32 Battle of Camel's Rampart 06:32 Perdikkas' downfall 08:32 Conflicts in Anatolia 09:30 Battle of Hellespont 12:18 The partition of Triparadeisos 14:38 Battle of Orkyina 15:58 Battle of Kretopolis 17:51 Eumenes' negotiations 19:05 Calm before the storm #Documentary #Alexander #Diadochi