ALEXANDER THE GREAT

EARLY LIFE

• Born on July 20, 356 B.C.
• Born in Macedonia
• Parents were King Philip II and Queen Olympia
• Tutored by Leonidas, Lysimachus, and Aristotle
• Completed education in 340 B.C.

EARLY MILITARY CAREER

• First became a soldier and joined an expedition led by his father
• Took control of the Companion Cavalry in 338
• Philip II took control of most of Greece (except for Sparta)
• Philip II then kicked out Alexander and Olympia
• He then married Cleopatra Eurydice and had a daughter

RISE TO POWER

• Philip II was murdered at his daughter's wedding in 336
• Alexander gained support from the army
• He used the army to fight others who claimed the throne
• Olympia murdered Philip's daughter and Cleopatra
• Alexander took control within a year

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CONQUESTS

• First secured the northern borders
• Massacred the people of Thebes to prevent a revolt
• Greek city states pledged allegiance in fear
• Marched on Persia in 334
• Was greatly outnumbered by the Persians

CONQUESTS

• Conquered all of Persia in 333
• He then marched on Egypt
• First conquered Gaza
• After Gaza fell, all of Egypt surrendered
• He then conquered lands in modern day Iran

DEATH

• His troops refused to march into India
• He planned to conquer Roma and Carthage
• Died of Malaria in Babylon in 323 B.C
• After his death, his empire collapsed