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Dec 27, 2023 · Alexander managed to conquer much of the known world in just 12 short years, but how was this possible? Discover the real history behind the rise and fall of...
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Alexander the Great (*356; r. 336-323): the Macedonian king who defeated his Persian colleague Darius III Codomannus and conquered the Achaemenid Empire. During his campaigns, Alexander visited a.o. Egypt, Babylonia, Persis, Media, Bactria, the Punjab, and the valley of the Indus. In the second half of his reign, he had to find a way to rule ...
Nov 1, 2018 · Alexander the Great (r. 336-323 BCE) of Macedon led his army on a series of campaigns which successfully conquered the then-known world from Macedon, through Greece, down to Egypt, across Persia, to India. Alexander's tutor was the Greek philosopher Aristotle (384-322 BCE) who impressed upon him the value of Greek culture and philosophy.
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Feb 12, 2020 · N.S. Gill. Updated on February 12, 2020. Alexander the Great, King of Macedon from 336 - 323 B.C., may claim the title of the greatest military leader the world has ever known. His empire spread from Gibraltar to the Punjab, and he made Greek the lingua franca of his world, the language that helped spread early Christianity.
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Educated by the great Greek philosopher Aristotle, Alexander proved his worth in the field of battle at the age of 18, fighting during his father's Greek campaign. At the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC, Alexander commanded forces that crushed the notoriously invincible Sacred Band of Thebes – a unit of well-trained and battle-hardened men consisting of 150 pairs of lovers.
