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Alexander is born in Pella, Macedonia to King Philip II
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Philip hires Greek philosopher Aristotle to teach Alexander to appreciate philosophy, geography, Greek poetry, and scientific investigation.
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Alexander finishes studying under Aristotle and joins his father's army.
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Alexander leads the attack against the Thebans, while his father leads the attack against the Athenians.
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King Philip II was celebrating his upcoming departure to attack Persia, as well as his daughters marriage. However, one of his bodyguards assassinates him in the theater of Agae.
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After the death of King Philip, the Thracians and the Illyrians rebel. Alexander quickly besieges the city and razes it to the ground. The inhabitants were executed or sold to slavery, showing the other city-states that Alexander has as much power as his father did.
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Alexander borrows money to supply his troops for one month and departed for Asia in the spring.
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In June, Alexander led the Macedonian army against the Persians at the Granicus river.
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Alexander spends winter in Gordium where, legend has it that he solved the Gordian knot.
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Alexander moves from one major Persian city to the next, conquering Babylon on October, 331 BCE
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After conquering Syria, Alexander sweep south and easily conquers Egypt after besieging Gaza. In 331 BCE, he creates the city of Alexandria.
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In 328 BC, Alexander became drunk in a banquet with his close companion Cleitus, who actually saved his life in the battle of Granicus. They got into a argument and Alexander accidentally stabbed him with a spear.
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In the Summer of 327 BC, after conquering eastern Iran and capturing Prince Oxyartes, Alexander marries Roxane, the prince's daughter.
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in May 326 BC, hoping to add more territory to his empire, Alexander and his troops cross the HIndu Kush into northern India.
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Dies of a fever in Babylon on the way back to Greece