2. INTRO
Alexander the Great became king of Macedon in 336 BC, when he was only 20 years old, and
died at the age of 32, twelve years later. During his reign he conquered the Achaemenid Persian
Empire, the largest empire that had ever existed, leading his army from Greece to Pakistan, and
from the Libyan desert to the steppes of Central Asia. His meteoric career, as leader of an
alliance of Greek cities, Pharaoh of Egypt, and King of Persia, had a profound effect on the world
he moved through. Even in his lifetime his achievements became legendary and in the centuries
that following his story was told and retold throughout Europe and the East.
3. QUOTES
● There is nothing impossible to him who will try.
● Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.
● Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.
● A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not
sufficient.
4. ACHIEVEMENTS
● Battle of chaeronea and defeat of sacred band (338BC).
● Reaffirmation of Macedonian Rule as King(336-335 BC).
● Series of wins to ensure complete control over Greece (BC).
● Conquest of the Achaemenid empire-1.
● Conquest of the Achaemenid empire-2.
● Siege of tyre and gaza (331-332 BC).
5. Facts
● In 15 years of conquest Alexander never lost a battle.
● He named more than 70 cities after himself- and one after
his horse.
● Alexander even smelled great.
● After defeating persians he dressed like them.
● The cause of Alexander’s death remains one of the greatest
mysteries of the ancient world.
● Alexanders body was preserved in Vat of honey.
6. CONCLUSION
Alexander the great ruled for a short but very
productive 13 years . His feats were never
matched before or after him and to this day he is
still looked at as one of the greatest rulers of our
time.
