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336 BCE
King philip is murdered
King philip was murdered by a body guard and his son Alexander the great takes the empire -
334 BCE
Alexander goes to conquer the persian empire
Darius sees that Alexander is weak and he sends weak armys to defeat him -
333 BCE
Darius lll goes to war with his army to fight Alexander's army.
Darius lll and Alexander went to war. Alexander won the war because he used the phalanx formation. This war was called Isus -
332 BCE
Alexander captured Darius lll wife and son
Alexander had Darius lll wife and son. Darius lll offered half of his kingdom in return of his family. Alexander refused this offer. -
331 BCE
Battle of Macedonia
Alexander came to battle with a bigger army and Darius saw that he couldn't win so he fled, however he died and Alexander became ruler of persia. -
331 BCE
Alexander conquered Egypt
Alexander conquered Egypt and there he was proclaimed son of the god Zeus-ammon. Alexander did not tried to impose his religion, He named the city Alexandria and when the city was made completely he left. -
320 BCE
Alexander continued conquering
Alexander conquered about 11000 mile more of land only in 11 years. He named all of his land Alexandria -
319 BCE
Alexander married Roxanne (Darius lll daughter)
Alexander got married with Roxanne ( Darius daughter) and he convinced his soldier to marry persians. -
318 BCE
Alexander and his men wanted to return
On the way back to Greece Alexander got ill and died on Babylon, he might have been poisoned or just a sickness, he died at the age of 32 -
318 BCE
His land was devised in 3
Salucus took the Persia
Ptolemy took Egypt
Antigonus took Macedonia and Greece