Alexander The Great

Philip II Rules Macedonia

Period: 359 BCE to 336 BCE

He ruled Macedonia until he died in 336

Alexander the Great Rules Macedonia

Period: 336 BCE to 323 BCE

After his father King Philip II died he became king

Alexander led soldiers across Hellespont into Anatolia

334 BCE

Won the battle of the Granicus

Alexander launched a surprise attack against the Persians at Issus

333 BCE

He captured Darius's wife and children
Darius was the KIng of Persia

He rejected Darius's peace settlement of all lands west of Euphrates River

333 BCE

Alexander challenge Darius to keep fighting

Alexander launched a phalanx attack followed by a cavalry charge at Gaugamela

331 BCE

Darius fled and Alexander became King of Persia

He led his army into the Indus Valley

331 BCE

He conquered Egypt and founded the city of Alexandria

Alexander dies of what we think was Malaria

323 BCE

He was 33 years old