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Aristotle teaches Alexander to appreciate philosophy, geography, Greek poetry and scientific investigation.
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He aims to unite the Macedonians and Greeks and invade the Persian empire
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Philips was assessinated and Alexander becomes the king of Macedonia
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After savage fightning, the Persians retreat, and Alexander's army moves across the southern coast of Asia toward Gordium.
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This is just one of many cities he names after himself during his conquests
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Alexander moves fro from one major Persian city to the next, conquering Babylon on october 18th, 331 B.C. and taking treasure to distribute among his men. he incorporates Persian officials
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He and his close companion cleitus, who saved at the battle of Granicus. Fall into an argument. Alexander accidentally stabs cleitus with the spear, and it's filled with remorse at cleitus' death.
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Alexander fall ill with a sudden fever and dies at the age of 32 in June b.c.
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They defeat king porus, leader of a kingdom east of the Hydaspes River, after figuring out how to attack Porus' war elephants.
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After conquering eastern Iran and caputuring Prince Oxyartes, Alexander marries Roxane, the prince's daughter. this is meant to be a political alliance, and it serves as an insult to Barsine, Alexander's Persian mistress.
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He solves the puzzle of the Gordian knot, which held together the yoke and pole of a wagon once belonging to kind Midas
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this inspires the greek-city state of thebes to rebel, and alexander quicly besieges the city and razes it to the ground. Showing the other city-states that Alexander is just as powerful as his father.
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Alexander leads the attack against the Thebans, whiles his father leads the attack against the Athenians
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Was the son of philip, king of macedonia, Alexander was an experienced soldier who shared his father's ambitions to create a huge empire, he born in 356 B.C., at Pelia in macedonia.
