1. Alexander builds an Empire
Conquests
332 BC Alexander captured Syria and Egypt and built the city of Alexandria in Egypt as a center of business & trade.

2. Alexander builds an Empire
Conquests
331 BC Alexander went East and conquered Persians at Gaugemela near Babylon. After Gaugemela Alexander easily conquered the rest of the Persian Empire.

3. Alexander builds an Empire
Conquests.
From 331 BC to 328 BC his conquests would go as far as modern day Pakistan.

4. Alexander builds an Empire
Conquests
In 326 BC Alexander crossed the Indus River and into India.
Alexander fought several bloody battles.
Too weary his soldiers refused to fight any longer and Alexander lead them home.

5. Alexander builds an Empire
Conquests
On the return march Alexander’s army crossed a desert in Southern Iran with heat and thirst killing thousands of soldiers.

6. Alexander builds an Empire
Conquests
In 323 BC, Alexander returned to Babylon to plan an invasion of Southern Arabia, but was very tired from wounds and weakness.
After coming down with a fever he was dead at the age of 32.

7. Alexander’s Legacy
Legacy- What a person leaves behind after he or she dies
He was a great military leader
Often rode into battle ahead of his men

8. Alexander’s Legacy
Was inspirational to his soldiers in going into unknown lands
Key to his courage was his education.
Alexander kept a copy of the ILLIAD with him
He extended Greek rule over a vast area.

9. Alexander’s Legacy
Alexander’s conquests marked the beginning of the Hellenistic Era
Hellenistic Era- Refers to a time when Greek ideas & language spread to non-Greek people of Southwest Asia. QUIZ TO HERE

10. Empire Breaks Apart
Alexander planned to unite Greeks, Macedonians and Persians in his new Empire.
He encouraged his soldiers to marry Asian women

11. Empire Breaks Apart (5-3A)
After Alexander’s death, his generals fought amongst one another for controlling power.
The Kingdom fell apart into four separate kingdoms;
Macedonia, Pergamum, Egypt and the Seleucid Empire.

12. Empire Breaks Apart
In the 4 different kingdoms, government business was conducted in Greek.
By 100 BC the largest city in the Med was Alexandria.
All the cities in the Med needed Greek speaking people to spread Greek ideas throughout the Med.

13. Empire Breaks Apart