Alexander The Great

By ValeriahAlvarez
  • 338 BCE

    Philip II of Macedonia

    Ruler of Macedonia from 359-336 B.C. and the father of Alexander the Great. He was in control of Greece in 338 B.C.
  • 336 BCE

    Alexander becomes King

    Two years after conquering Greece, King Philip is murdered by a bodyguard. His son Alexander becomes the new king of Macedonia and Greece at 20 years old. Alexander shares his father’s dream of conquering Persia
  • 334 BCE

    Alexander Conquers Persia

    Alexander crosses the Hellespont into Anatolia. His goal was to defeat King Darius III (King of Persian Empire) and conquer the Persian Empire. Darius didn’t think he was much of an enemy and sent other generals to fight with him. Alexander the Great quickly won the battle of the Granicus.
  • 333 BCE

    Second Battle with Persia

    Nov 333 BCE - Alexander fights Darius at Issus. Darius had a larger army, but Alexander the Great used his phalanx formation to win the battle. Darius fled and Alexander couldn’t catch him, but he captured Darius’s wife and children.
  • 333 BCE

    Attempted Peace Treaty

    Darius petitioned to get his family back and offered half his kingdom, the land West of the Euphrates river, but Alexander refused the peace treaty. He wanted to conquer Persia and challenged Darius to keep fighting.
  • 331 BCE

    Final Battle with Persia

    Between Persians and Macedonians.
    Again Darius saw that he couldn’t win and fled.
    Darius died
    Alexander the Great won the battle and became King of Persia.
  • 331 BCE

    Conquering Egypt

    He founded the city of Alexandria and was proclaimed the son of the god Zeus-Ammon. Alexander did not try to impose his ideas of religion or culture on the people of Egypt and after designing the city of Alexandria he left to continue his conquests.
  • 323 BCE

    Alexander’s Death

    When they reached India, his soldiers wanted to return home. On his way back to Greece, Alexander became ill and died in Babylon
    (Iraq). He may have died of sickness or he may have been poisoned. Alexander died at the age of 32.
  • 331

    Alexander’s Empire

    He treated conquered people with respect and allowed them to keep their customs. He also adopted some of the customs (clothing, religion), married a Persian woman (Roxanne, Darius III’s daughter) and convinced his soldiers to marry Persians too.