Alexander the Great By sherrell hackney 400 BCE Apella became the capital also where Alexander was born 356 BCE Alexander the Great was born 340 BCE at war to control greece 339 BCE Alexander reads what his father did at war 338 BCE Philip controls half of greece and cleopatra and phillip buried 336 BCE Gather with alexander for a festival for the battle of the gods 336 BCE Philip dies from getting stabbed/ Alexander becomes king when his dad dies 335 BCE Alexander looks for a prophecy and it says “You are invincible” 334 BCE Alexander beats persia and he cuts the knot 333 BCE Alexander find his enemy waiting 332 BCE Alexander leads the army in egypt and becomes a pharaoh 331 BCE Alexander realizes that he must take down Persia in order to move to asia. He beats im in a huge battle to move in. 327 BCE Alexander makes his friend joint commander/He wants his historian executed 324 BCE Alexander lost his close friend Hephaestion died from doctor giving the wrong medicine 323 BCE Alexander dies of an unknown cause (illness, drinking, arrow shooting, etc.)