Alexander the great

The Life of Alexander the Great

By joelydh16
  • Period: 323 to 356

    Alexander the Great

  • With discipline restored, Alexander invaded the Punjab. in 327 B.C.In the autumn of 324, at Ecbatana, Alexander lost his boyhood friend Hephaestion, by then his grand vizier—probably the only person he had ever genuinely loved.
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    With discipline restored, Alexander invaded the Punjab. in 327 B.C.In the autumn of 324, at Ecbatana, Alexander lost his boyhood friend Hephaestion, by then his grand vizier—probably the only person he had ever genuinely loved.

  • With discipline restored, Alexander invaded the Punjab.
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    With discipline restored, Alexander invaded the Punjab.

  • As a result, Alexander now faced years of guerrilla war in northeastern Iran and central Asia, which ended only when he married Roxana, the daughter of a local chieftain.
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    As a result, Alexander now faced years of guerrilla war in northeastern Iran and central Asia, which ended only when he married Roxana, the daughter of a local chieftain.

  • After organizing Egypt and founding Alexandria, Alexander crossed the Eastern Desert and the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, and in autumn defeated Darius's grand army at Gaugamela (near modern Irbil, Iraq).
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    After organizing Egypt and founding Alexandria, Alexander crossed the Eastern Desert and the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, and in autumn defeated Darius's grand army at Gaugamela (near modern Irbil, Iraq).

  • Alexander advanced on Egypt.
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    Alexander advanced on Egypt.

  • Alexander's greatest feat was the siege of Tyre.
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    Alexander's greatest feat was the siege of Tyre.

  • At the age of 20 he was placed on the throne of Macedon as Alexander III by the army commanders after the assasination of Philip by unidentified enemies.
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    At the age of 20 he was placed on the throne of Macedon as Alexander III by the army commanders after the assasination of Philip by unidentified enemies.