• 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.
  • Alexander the Great’s Empire. When Philip II died of assassination in 336 B.C., Alexander was immediately proclaimed the new king.
  • Alexander III of Macedon, more commonly known as Alexander the Great (356–323 BC), was a king (basileus) of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon.
  • 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...
  • Upon the sudden and unexpected death of Alexander the Great in the city of Babylon the massive empire that he conquered spanned from Greece to Egypt all the...
  • 2.1 The defeat of the Persian Empire. 2.2 The army of Alexander the Great before the Battle of Gaugamela. 2.2.1 Infantry. 2.2.2 Cavalry.
  • Theophrastus based many of his plant descriptions on accounts he obtained from travelers who had visited distant regions of Alexander's empire.
  • Alexander the Great’s untimely death at Babylon in 323 BC triggered an unprecedented crisis across his continent-spanning empire.
  • The Egyptians welcomed Alexander the Great in because he had saved them from the Persian Empire, which had invaded Egypt.
  • … The Empire of Alexander the Great. (Alexander's Conquest 336-323 B.C.E.) Share.