| 356 BC | Alexander III the Great was born in Macedonia A-79 | |
| Philip of Macedon assassinated after taking Greek states, replaced by
son Alexander. Philip considered himself direct descendent of Greeks. |
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| 336 | Alexander King of Macedonia, succeeding Philip II | |
| Alexander takes Thebes, destroys it and takes occupants as slaves | ||
| 335 | Athens, Arcadia, Elis and Aetolia submit to Alexander | |
| 334 | Spring: Alexander leaves Anitpater in charge in Greece Takes 32,000 infantry, 5000 calvary, 160 ships towards Greece, defeats Memmon at Granicus |
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| 333 | Battle of Issus: Alex defeats Darius III who offers treaty that was refused | |
| Phoenicia submitted to Alex | ||
| After seven months seige, Tyre submitted | ||
| 332 | Alexander conquered Egypt without reistance and built Alexandria | |
| 331 | Oct 1: Alexander defeats Persia at Gaugamela, seized treasures at
Arbela Babylonia and Susa surrendered Persepolis resisted and was burnt and raided |
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| Sparta resisted with Persian aid was crushed by Antipater | ||
| 330 | Spring: Alexander persues Daruis to Media where Darius is killed by Bessus | |
| Alexander subues Caspian area | ||
| 329 | Alexander takes Iran | |
| 328 | Alexander adopted Persian dress and when reproached by friend Cleitus, Alex killed him in a drunken fury | |
| 327 | Alex was invited to India by Taxiles to help fight Porus | |
| 326 | Battle of Hydaspes Alex defeats Porus | |
| 324 | Returns to Susa, Persia, Alex and his men marrying local women. Alexander married Roxanna. |
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| 323 | Alexander died June 13 at Babylon | |
| Officers wanted Alex's unborn son Alexander IV to be king Locals wanted Philip III, the son of Philip II Joint rule was established |
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| See individual countries 300s BC | ||