alexander the great By najdabosnic 356 BCE Alexander is born 339 BCE Alex spends time studying with Aristotle 336 BCE King Phillip dies 336 BCE Alexander becomes king of Greece 334 BCE Alex defeats Persian forces 332 BCE Alex becomes pharaoh of Egypt 331 BCE Alexander and his troops cross the Sahara Dessert 330 BCE now in control of Asia/Persia 330 BCE little doubt in Alex that he can rule 330 BCE Alex & troops march north to catch up with Darius & his troops 330 BCE King Darius of persia is dead 327 BCE Alexander marries a girl named Roxane 326 BCE begins march to India 324 BCE Alex's best friend [Hephaestion] dies 323 BCE Alexander the Great dies
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