Alexander’s the Great Life

By lauracappelletti
  • Alexander the Great was born.
    356 BCE

    Alexander the Great was born.

    Alexander the Great was born in July, 356 BC, in Pella, Greece. Hi was the son of king Philip II and Olympias.
  • Alexander studies.
    343 BCE

    Alexander studies.

    The king hires Aristotle to teach Alexander. He teaches him math, geography, philosophy, poetry and much more.
  • Alexander becomes part of his father's army.
    340 BCE

    Alexander becomes part of his father's army.

    After Alexander finishes his studies, he becomes part of his father's army. When this happens Philip II had conquered almost all Greek city-states and wanted to conquer Persia.
  • Philip is killed and Alexander becomes king.
    336 BCE

    Philip is killed and Alexander becomes king.

    King Philip conquers Greece and two years later he is assassinated by one of his body guards meaning that now Alexander became the king.
  • Alexander's first battle with Persia.
    334 BCE

    Alexander's first battle with Persia.

    Alexander goal was to beat the King of Persian called Darius and to control the Persian Empire.Darius thought that Alexander and his soldiers weren’t much of an opponent so he sent other generals to fight and at the end Alexander did won.
  • Alexander's second battle with Persia.
    333 BCE

    Alexander's second battle with Persia.

    Alexander attacks Darius in Issus. Using his phalanx formation he won the fight and after, King Darius escaped, Alexander not being able to capture him and instead he captured Darius family not being able to take over Persia.
  • Alexander's third battle with Persia.
    331 BCE

    Alexander's third battle with Persia.

    After Alexander refused to sign a peace treaty, Darius only option was to fight to get back his family. As the fight went on Darius fled but then died as a coward and at last Alexander won and became king of Persia.
  • Alexander takes over Egypt.
    331 BCE

    Alexander takes over Egypt.

    After Persia, Alexander conquers Egypt. There he created a city called Alexandria and was proclaimed the son of the god Zeus-Ammon
  • Alexander marries Roxane.
    327 BCE

    Alexander marries Roxane.

    After conquering Persian, Alexander went east, conquering more land. He founded many cities and named them all Alexandria. He married a Persian woman named Roxanne that was Darius III’s daughter. He did this to secure his position over the Persians.
  • Alexander’s death.
    323 BCE

    Alexander’s death.

    Alexander died at the age of 32 meaning that in 12 years he conquered a lot of land. What happened was that as Alexander and his army crossed the Indus valley and when they did, Alexander’s soldiers wanted to go back home and in their journey home Alexander died of sickness in Iraq.
  • Alexander’s empire separates.
    323 BCE

    Alexander’s empire separates.

    After Alexander’s death, his empire was separated into 3 generals: Antigonus that got control of Macedonia and Greece, Ptolemy that got control of Egypt, Selucus that got control of the Persia empire.
  • Alexander’s Legacy
    322 BCE

    Alexander’s Legacy

    Alexander treated the people he conquered with respect and let them to keep their customs. He also incorporated some of the customs to his culture.Because of this he created a culture called the Hellenistic culture, which consists of a lot of cultures blended together.