• 4.4 Assyria and Babylonia. 4.5 Persia. 4.6 Fall of the Persian Empire and the East. 4.7 Problems and plots. 4.8 Macedon in Alexander's absence.
  • Alexander The Great Empire, Alexander had no obvious or legitimate heir because his son, alexander iv, was born after alexander’s death.
  • This battle thus marked the beginning of the end of the once-great Achaemenid Persian Empire. Upon hearing of Alexander’s stupendous victories against the...
  • Was Alexander the Great really great? A great conqueror, in 13 short years he amassed the largest empire in the entire ancient world — an empire that covered 3...
  • Alexander endeavoured to reach the “ends of the world and the Great Outer Sea” and invaded India in 326 BC, winning an important victory over the Pauravas...
  • The Battle of the Granicus River in May 334 BCE was the first of three major battles fought between Alexander the Great and the Persian Empire.
  • During his 13 years as King of Macedonia, Alexander the Great established an empire that stretched from Greece to what is now northwest India.
  • Great Empires of the Past: Empire of Alexander the Great Copyright © 2009 Debra Skelton & Pamela Dell All rights reserved.
  • Alexander the Great, also known as Alexander III or Alexander of Macedonia, (born 356 BCE, Pella, Macedonia [northwest of Thessaloníki, Greece]—died June 13...
  • The aim is to map out the extent of Alexander the Great's Empire and the cities he founded and battles that he fought.