- As he lay dying in Babylon, Alexander the Great declared his empire would be left “to the strongest.” In the end, his empire devolved into a series of Hellenistic...
- 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...
- The Indian campaign of Alexander the Great began in 326 BC. After conquering the Achaemenid Empire of Persia, the Macedonian king Alexander launched...
- (Image credit: Image courtesy Wikimedia, from an ancient mosaic in Pompeii, Italy). Jump to: Where was Alexander the Great from? Conquering the Persian Empire.
- The Empire of Alexander the Great Map: In 336 BCE, Philip II’s Macedonia had risen to control the whole of the Greek world.
- But even against this background, the unusually rapid collapse of the empire created by Alexander the Great is striking.
- Alexander the Great. king of Macedonia and conqueror of Achaemenid Persia (356–323 BC). Alecsander ym mrwydr Issus. ... Map of Alexanders Empire.
- Bone remains of five bodies were found dating from the end of the 4th century BC, approximately the time of Alexander the Great .
- Four stable power blocks emerged following the death of Alexander the Great: the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, the Seleucid Empire...
- The vast Eurasian empire that Alexander the Great (356–323 B.C.) forged was not long-lasting, but his heroic deeds were legendary.