336 bc
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- Assasination of phillip, Alexander becomes king of Macedonia
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335 bc
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- Alexander goes to Thrace and syria.
-Revolt of Thebes
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334 bc
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-Alexander leaves for Asia minor
- Battle of Granicus
- seige and capture of Miletus
- Oracle at Didyma
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333 bc
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- Death of Memnon
-Legendary cutting of the Gordian knot.
-Alexander defeats Darius lll at the battle of issus.
-First peace offering from Darius lll rejected
- Seige of Tyre
- Second peace offering of Darius lll rejected
- Fall of Tyre
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332 bc
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- Alexander crowned Pharoah
- Siwah oasis (oracle of Ammon) Alexander declared son of Ammon-Zeus
-Foundation of Alexandria, Egypt
- Darius' third peace offering rejected.
- Alexander defeats Darius at the Arbela
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331 bc
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- capture of Persepolis.
- Daruis lll is murdered
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329 bc
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- Cross Hindu kush
- Alexanders troops defeated by Spitamenes at Maracanda
- Death of Spitamenes
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327 bc
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- Battle of Hydaspes, Alexander defeats Porus
- Death of Bucephalis
-Mutiny at the Hyphasis
- Campaign against the Brahmin cities, Alexander seriously wounded.
-Battle at Multan
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325 bc
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- Move to Susa, Alexander marries Darius lll daughter, Stateira
-Mutiny at Opis
-Alexander explores the the Pallacopas canals
-returns to Babylon
-June of 325bc Alexander the Great dies.
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Alexander The Great ( 356-323 b.c)
Alexander the great was the king of the Macedonians, and one of the greatest generals in ancient history.Alexander was born on 356 B.C. His tutor was Aristotle, who trained him in rhetoric and literature and stimulated his interest in science, medicine and philosophy.
Unfortunately in the summer of 336 B.C. his father was assassinated and he ascended to the Macedainian throne. Also unfortunate was that by that time he found his empire in disorder. He had enemies all over, in home and people threatening rebellion abroad. He did quickly deal with this by killing all of the threats and restoring order to his small empire. Then he restored order to Thessaly which had attempted independence. Before the end of summer he had reestablished his position in Greece and was elected by a congress of states at Corinth.
Youth
Alexander was born in Pella, the capital of the
Macedonian kingdom. His father was Phillip ll, the
king and general conquered Greece.His mother was
Olympias, a pricess from Epirus, in western Greece.
Olympias told Alexander that his ancestor was the
hero Achilles. Throughout his life Alexander carried with
him a copy of the great poem the iliad, which told the the
deeds of Achilles.
Various pictures of Alexander
This head of Alexander from Pergamum, in marble, was probably executed during the reign of Eumenes II (197-159), and based on an original made during Alexander's lifetime.
This close up of Alexander and Bucephalas is from the Mosaic of the battle of Issus from the Museo Nazionale, Naples, Italy.
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