alexander the great's life

By Dylan300
  • Period: 356 BCE to 340 BCE

    Alexander's learning period

    Alexander was born in Pella Greece. Alexander's father is Philip the second and his mother is Olympias. As he grew up he rarely saw Philip due to Philip's constant long military campaigns. As Alexander grew up he was taught math, archery, horsemanship, philosophy, government, politics, poetry, drama, and science. After 340 he stopped learning and started to act as king
  • Period: 340 BCE to 336 BCE

    Alexander acting as king

    Alexander's father Philip the 2nd was away fighting a war, so he made alexander act as king while he was away. Alexander attacked a rival tribe not even a year after he started acting king.
  • 338 BCE

    assistance in war

    Alexander lead the cavalry to assist his father in destroying Athens and thebes.
  • Period: 336 BCE to 323 BCE

    alexander as king

    Alexander's father Philip the 2nd was assassinated in 336 BC, after alexander was crowned king, he killed anybody who could be a potential king.
  • Period: 335 BCE to 333 BCE

    The campaign through aisa

    Alexander had a giant military power and he used this power to conquer all of Asia minor(turkey today) and was offered many goods to not try to conquer Asia but he declined and conquered it all anyways.
  • 332 BCE

    conquering Egypt

    once alexander got to Egypt from Asia the Egyptians thought of him as a god and surrendered without any fighting.
  • 327 BCE

    Beating Iran

    After defeating the Persians Alexander swept through Iran quite easily, and also married a princess in this region to make the political alliance stronger.
  • 327 BCE

    Attack on india

    Alexander had moved on to India, defeating king Porus but let him keep his kingdom for how honorable he was, after that Alexander and his army went back to their empire to spread out protection across the whole empire
  • 323

    Alexander's death

    On June the 2nd, Alexander fell ill and died only 11 days later, after he does the empire fell into chaos, eventually calming down and splitting into three different empires.
  • Period: 331 to 330

    Chasing Persians

    Alexander had moved on to the rest of Persia, defeated the Persian army and then had to chase the king of Persia that had fled. Once he caught up the king had already been assassinated by his assistants, and alexander had won once again.