- Alexander the Great, also known as Alexander III or Alexander of Macedonia, (born 356 BCE, Pella, Macedonia [northwest of Thessaloníki, Greece]—died June 13...
- Some things Alexander the Great did. Alexander the Great was a king of Macedonia who conquered an empire that extended from Greece and Egypt to India.
- During his 13 years as King of Macedonia, Alexander the Great established an empire that stretched from Greece to what is now northwest India.
- Maintaining the empire. Conquering lands is one thing; ruling them is another. Alexander the Great was now the emperor of a wast region inhabited by people of...
- … The Empire of Alexander the Great. (Alexander's Conquest 336-323 B.C.E.) Share.
- 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 III of Macedon, better known as Alexander the Great (l. 21 July 356 BCE – 10 or 11 June 323 BCE, r. 336-323 BCE), was the son of King Philip II of...
- 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.
- Theophrastus based many of his plant descriptions on accounts he obtained from travelers who had visited distant regions of Alexander's empire.
- Pompeii: mosaic of Alexander the Great Battle of Issus Alexander the Great's empire Herāt, Afghanistan: ancient citadel.