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Period: 359 BCE to 336 BCE
Philip II Rules Macedonia
He ruled Macedonia until he died in 336 -
Period: 336 BCE to 323 BCE
Alexander the Great Rules Macedonia
After his father King Philip II died he became king -
334 BCE
Alexander led soldiers across Hellespont into Anatolia
Won the battle of the Granicus -
333 BCE
Alexander launched a surprise attack against the Persians at Issus
He captured Darius's wife and children
Darius was the KIng of Persia -
333 BCE
He rejected Darius's peace settlement of all lands west of Euphrates River
Alexander challenge Darius to keep fighting -
331 BCE
Alexander launched a phalanx attack followed by a cavalry charge at Gaugamela
Darius fled and Alexander became King of Persia -
331 BCE
He led his army into the Indus Valley
He conquered Egypt and founded the city of Alexandria -
323 BCE
Alexander dies of what we think was Malaria
He was 33 years old