Ruler of the World

Born in Pella, Macedonia

Tutored by the Greek

philosopher, Aristotle His mother was Olympia His father, Philip, was king of Macedonia, had conquered the Greek city states during his 27 year reign
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 Alexander was stubborn and did not respond well to

orders from his father, he was open to reasoned debate

Physical Appearance Generalship
He never lost a battle due to use of terrain Phalanx formation and cavalry tactics, bold strategy, and the fierce loyalty of his troops
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 In ten years, Alexander of

Macedonia created the largest empire in the world up to that time

Alexander spread Greek culture, ensuring

cultural diffusion and the survival of the qualities of classical Greece

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 Philip was murdered in 336 B.C. by an

assassinmaybe hired by his wife, Olympia

So Alexander was only 20

when he became king of Macedonia

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1. 2. 3.

The Gladius The Spear Dagger

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 Alexander s army contains two type of people

Legionaris who have citizenship of Macedonia

- use horses in war Auxalaries who are slaves under Macedonia - use Spears in war

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 334 BCE - war against Persia Gordian knot in the same year 331 BCE - war against Egypt 331 BCE -End of the Persian Empire

327 BCE invading north India

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 Demi god in Greek who

spread its culture across the world in Hellenstic age. Made a civilized world

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 Alexander died of a fever at 33

but why? He could not produce an heir and his kingdom was divided among 3 of his generals

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 After the death of Alexander the Great, his generals, scrambling to gain

power, broke out into civil war against each other.

All of Alexanders relatives were secretly murdered. Battles raged across the empire until finally around 305 B.C. four men

emerged each gaining large portions of the empire.

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 The empire was split into four sections

Seleucus ruling the territories of Babylon Ptolemy ruling the territories of Egypt

Cassander ruling the territories of Macedon

Lysimachus ruling the territories of Thrace.

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 Even though many great kings were born ,Alexander

was considered as the greatest among all.

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THANK YOU

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