Alexander the Great's Conquests

Category
Wars
Begin
-334
End
-323
Region
Europe
Reference
Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
"The Macedonians under Alexander the Great ushered in the Hellenistic period with his conquest of Persia and Egypt. The Argeads ruled from 332 to 309 BC." [Wikipedia] "The Argead dynasty (Greek: Ἀργεάδαι, Argeádai) was an ancient Macedonian royal house of Dorian Greek provenance. They were the founders and the ruling dynasty of the kingdom of Macedon from about 700 to 310 BC." [Wikipedia] "The second Hellenistic dynasty, the Ptolemies ruled Egypt from 305 BC until Egypt became a province of Rome in 30 BC (whenever two dates overlap, that means there was a co-regency). The most famous member of this dynasty was Cleopatra VII, who in modern times is known simply as Cleopatra, and who had affairs with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar." Cleopatra ruled 51-30 BC. [Wikipedia]

This period is linked to the following events

Event Name
Category
Date
Alexander defeats Darius at the Battle of Issus
War
-333
Alexander the Great invades Egypt
War
-332
Alexander founds Alexandria
War
-331
Alexander defeats Darius at Battle of Gaugamela
War
-331
Alexander dies and wars of successors (diodachi) begin
War
-323

This period is linked to the following movies

Movie title
Genre
Released
Alexander
Historical
2004
The True Story of Alexander the Great
Documentary
2005