A LE X A ND ER THE G R EA T

TA NTIN NI C OL AE D AN IEL
CONS
 EARLY LIFE
• ALEXANDER III OF MACEDON
COMMONLY KNOWN AS ALEXANDER
THE GREAT, WAS A KING OF
THE ANCIENT GREEK KINGDOM
OF MACEDONIA. A MEMBER OF
THE ARGEAD DYNASTY, HE WAS BORN
IN PELLA—A CITY IN ANCIENT GREECE
 CONQUEST
• IN 334 BC HE INVADED THE PERSIAN EMPIRE AND BEGAN A SERIES OF
CAMPAIGNS THAT LASTED 10 YEARS. FOLLOWING HIS CONQUEST OF ASIA
MINOR(MODERN-DAY TURKEY), ALEXANDER BROKE THE POWER OF PERSIA IN
A SERIES OF DECISIVE BATTLES, AT THAT POINT, HIS EMPIRE STRETCHED
FROM THE ADRIATIC SEA TO THE INDUS RIVER.

• ALEXANDER ENDEAVORED TO REACH THE "ENDS OF THE WORLD AND THE

GREAT OUTER SEA" AND INVADED INDIA IN 326 BC
 LEGACY
• ALEXANDER'S LEGACY INCLUDES THE CULTURAL DIFFUSION AND SYNCRETISM WHICH
HIS CONQUESTS ENGENDERED, SUCH AS GRECO-BUDDHISM AND HELLENISTIC JUDAISM

• HE FOUNDED MORE THAN SEVENTY CITIES THAT BORE HIS NAME MOST

NOTABLY ALEXANDRIA IN EGYPT

•  ALEXANDER'S SETTLEMENT OF GREEK COLONISTS AND THE RESULTING SPREAD

OF GREEK CULTURE RESULTED IN HELLENISTIC CIVILIZATION, WHICH DEVELOPED
THROUGH THE ROMAN EMPIRE INTO MODERN WESTERN CULTURE

• MILITARY ACADEMIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD STILL TEACH HIS TACTICS