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King Phillip is murdered by a body guard making his son; Alexander, become king.
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Alexander enters to Persia with the goal of becoming its ruler and defeating its current king; King Darius III. Darius was not intimidated by Alexander so he simply sent generals to fight him. And Alexander easily won the battle.
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Soon Alexander fights Darius at Issus, and because Alexander had a fighting planatory/ strategy he was able to win this second battle. Alexander captured Darius' wife and children just at the time when Darius was fleeding.
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Worried about his family, Darius attempts to do a peace treaty with Alexander where he offered to give him half of his kingdom and the west land of theEuphrates River. Alexander refused to accept the treaty since he wanted the entire Persian Empire, challenging Darius to keep fighting.
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The last battle between the Persians and the Macedonians for the Greek Empire . Persia's King; Darius saw clear enough that again he had no chances of deafeating Alexander the Great, so hefled and met his death. Victorious Alexander then became the King of Persia.
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Alexander then moved and conquered Egypt. He established a city called Alexandria but he still respected the people he cobquered withput forcing them to share his religion, ideas, ect.
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Alexander the Great kept moving East gaining more territory, conquering more places and establishing more cities called Alexandria.
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Once Alexander had arrived to India his men complained about wanting to go back home. Alexander agreed and on his way back to Greece, he died in Babylon (Iraq) at the age of 32. He could've died of illness or poison.
