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Born in Macedonia to king Phillip II.
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Phillip hires the Greek philosopher Aristotle to tutor Alexander.
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At age 16 Alexander finishes studying under Aristotle and joins his father's army.
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The Macedonians meet the Athenians and thebans in battle at chaeronea. Alexander leads the attack against the thebans, while his father,while his father leads the attacks against the Athenians. It's alexander's first taste of battle.
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While Phillip celebrates his upcoming departure to attack Persia, as well as the marriage of his daughter Cleopatra. however one of his bodyguards assassinates him in the theater of agae.
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The thracians and illyrians rise up rebellion. This inspires the Greek city state to rebel, and Alexander quickly besieges the city and razes it to the ground.
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Alexander spends the winter on gordium in present day turkey and solves the Gordian knot
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Alexander leads Macedonian army against the Persians at the grancious river.
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creates the city of Alexandria which meant the hub of Greek commerce and culture. In Alexander moves from one major Persian city to the next conquering Babylon in October 18
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suffering from tensions of warfare and command, Alexander becomes drunk at a banquet.
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After conquering eastern Iran and capturing prince oxyartes, alexander marries roxane the prince's daughter.
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in hoping to add more territory to his empire, Alexander and his troops croos the hindu kush river
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Before he can set in his new camp Alexander falls ill with a suden fever and dies at age 32