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Alexander the Great, a fearless Macedonian king and military genius, conquered vast territories from Greece to Egypt and India, leaving an enduring legacy as one of history’s most remarkable conquerors.
The wars of Alexander the Great (Ancient Greek: Πόλεμοι του Μεγάλου Αλεξάνδρου) were a series of conquests carried out by Alexander III of Macedon from 336 to 323 BC. They began with battles against the Achaemenid Empire, then under the rule of Darius III.
Alexander the Great was an ancient Macedonian ruler and one of history’s greatest military minds who, as King of Macedonia and Persia, established the largest empire the ancient world had...
Following the conquests of Alexander the Great in the east, Hellenistic influence on Indian art was far-reaching. In architecture, a few examples of the Ionic order can be found as far as Pakistan with the Jandial temple near Taxila.
Alexander III of Macedon, better known as Alexander the Great (l. 21 July 356 BCE – 10 or 11 June 323 BCE, r. 336-323 BCE), was the son of King Philip II of Macedon (r. 359-336 BCE) who became king upon his father's death in 336 BCE and then conquered most of the known world of his day.
Timeline of events in the life of Alexander the Great, also known as Alexander III or Alexander of Macedonia. In his short life (356–323 BCE) he conquered an enormous range of lands—from Macedonia to Egypt and from Greece to parts of India—and gave a new direction to world history.
Alexander the Great’s conquests destroyed the Persian Empire, but his own empire did not remain unified after his death. His successors fought a number of wars, resulting in several Hellenistic kingdoms in western Asia, northeast Africa, and southeastern Europe.
In 334–333 Alexander routed Darius’s forces at the Granicus River and at Issus, forcing Darius to flee. In 332 Alexander conquered Syria, Phoenicia, Tyre, and Egypt, where he founded the historic city of Alexandria. He later defeated Darius for a final time at the battle of Gaugamela.
Alexander the Great, a Macedonian king, conquered the eastern Mediterranean, Egypt, the Middle East, and parts of Asia in a remarkably short period of time. His empire ushered in significant cultural changes in the lands he conquered and changed the course of the region’s history.
HISTORY & CULTURE. Who was Alexander the Great? The son of a king, Alexander was a brilliant military leader who conquered most of the known world—but he wasn't much of a diplomat. Alexander...