The journey through Alexander's Conquest
Invasions throughout Greece: 333 B.C.E - 330 B.C.E
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- Alexander and his army put their control Ionia, Anatolia, Syria, Palestine.
- Alexander invaded Persia burning the Achaemenid palace
- Alexander established himself as the new emperor of Persia
- Alexander then made an empire stretching from India to Egypt and Greece.
Alexander and his army invading persia
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- Alexander and his troops went into India and subjected local rulers but then stopped because his troops didn't want to go any farther away from home.
- His conquest created a vast zone of trade and communication that encouraged commercial and cultural exchange
- The 70 cities he conquered were named Alexandria in his honor.
Alexander's invasion into Persia
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Map of Alexander's empire
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