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The Warrior King of Ancient Greek Macedon Kingdom
Alexander’s Origin
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He was born in 356 B.C.E. in Pella, Macedonia His father hired Aristotle to be his private
traditional region of Greece, located in the tutor and he studied with Aristotle for
north-central portion of the country three years
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In 338 B.C.E. ,King Philip II of
His father, King Philip II, was King of
Macedonia attacked and conquered the
Macedonia He had conquered the Greek
Greeks, but he was assassinated soon after
city states during his 27 years reign
this
King Alexandar of
Macedonia
Alexander was only 20 years old when he became
King in 336 B.C.E.
Alexander in India :
Alexander fights his way across the deserts of Central Asia to India
Alexander conquers Indus Valley area in 326 B.C
Kingdom of about
2,000000 square miles
One of the world's greatest military generals, He created a
vast empire that stretched from Macedonia to Egypt and
from Greece to part of India
Legacy Of Alexander
The Gordian Knot: the legend behind the ancient knot was that the man who could
untie it was destined to rule the entire world.
Alexander “untangled” the knot by slashing through it with his sword and went on
to conquer Asia as far as India. This is the story of the Gordian Knot, and its moral
is that sometimes the best answer to a complex problem is the simplest one
The Mystery Of Alexander's Death
M Y S T E R Y
Alexander was 32 when he died in 323 B.C.E.
Alexander died of a fever at young age… but why? Plutarch reports that he was had been
plagued by several bad “omens”.
Some others from the time claimed Alexander was poisoned
Alexander probably died of typhoid fever (which, along with malaria, was common in
ancient Babylon)
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