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When the island city of Tyre defied Alexander the Great, he built a kilometer-long causeway out to the city to attack it, connecting the island permanently to the Asian continent

The cause of his death remains a mystery
Alcoholism, wounds, grief, a natural ailment and assassination all circle as theories of how Alexander the Great died. However, there is a lack of reliable evidence on what really happened. Many sources agree that he was bedridden for about a week, possibly with a fever, and died on either 10 or 11 June 323 BC

Socrates taught Plato, Plato taught Aristotle, then Aristotle taught Alexander the Great. –

Alexander the Great never lost a battle in his 15 years of conquest.

His empire collapsed into civil war after his death
With such an array of cultures, and with him not naming a clear heir, Alexander’s vast empire quickly fragmented into warring parties. The Wars of the Successors that followed would last forty years in which many would rise and fall in their attempts for dominance.

After the death of Alexander the Great, the architect Dinocrates proposed to have the entirety of Mount Athos carved in the general’s likeness

Eventually, Alexander’s empire became essentially divided into three parts:  the Seleucids in Asia, the Antigonids in Macedonia and the Ptolemies in Egypt.

King Philip, the father of Alexander the Great, once saved a man from slavery for pointing out that Philip’s junk was showing

Mystery surrounds the whereabouts of his tomb
Following his death, Alexander’s body was seized by Ptolemy and taken to Egypt, where it was eventually placed in Alexandria. Although his tomb remained a central site of Alexandria for centuries, all literary records of his tomb vanish at the end of the fourth century AD.

In 326 BCE Alexander the Great met a 14-year-old named Chandragupta Maurya. By age 20, Chandragupta had succeeded in forging his own empire across northern India, and would eventually unify nearly the entire subcontinent

Education was important to both Alexander’s mother and father, and as a result, he was educated by tutors growing up. Alexander’s first teacher was Leonidas (not the “This is Sparta” guy, different Leonidas), who was a relative of his mother.

Mystery now surrounds what happened to Alexander’s tomb – some even believing it is no longer in Alexandria.Alexander’s legacy still lives on today

Philip II was a great king of Macdeon who defeated Athens and Thebes at the Battle of Chaeronea. He sought to establish a federation of Greek states known as the League of Corinth, with himself as the elected hegemon (leader).

He was responsible for teaching Alexander math, horsemanship, and archery, but had difficulty controlling him. Alexander’s favorite tutor was Lysimachus, who made up a game where Alexander would pretend to be the warrior Achilles.

Philip reformed the Macedonian army into the most deadly force of the time, developing his infantry phalanx, cavalry, siege equipment and logistics system. Thanks to Philip’s reforms, Alexander inherited the best army of the time upon his succession.

Alexander the Great was one of the most influential people in history. His military tactics are still being studied, while he brought Greek culture as far east as modern day Afghanistan and Pakistan.

One of Alexander the Great’s favorite tactics was the use of the Macedonian phalanx. A phalanx is a strategic formation that consists of a block of infantry standing shoulder to shoulder in rows that are several feet deep.

Alexander was schooled by one of the most famous philosophers in history. Philip II hired Aristotle with the agreement that he would rebuild his home Stageria, which he had previously razed.

He founded more than twenty cities bearing his name. The Egyptian city of Alexandria, a key Mediterranean port in antiquity, and now a metropolis of over five million people, was founded by Alexander the Great.

The Greek formation was modified by Alexander’s father Philip II and utilized by Alexander in battle.

The Macedonians had quite a history of assassinating those in power, and Philip was slaughtered at a wedding feast by a member of his royal bodyguard.

Because Alexander’s mother Olympias was from Epirus, he was only half Macedonian. His struggle to claim the throne was bloody; another of Philip’s wives and her daughter were murdered, along with two Macedonian princes. He also put down several rebellious factions.

Alexander’s mother was also of royal blood. Olympias, as she was eventually called, was the daughter of King Neoptolemus I of Epirus, and her family claimed to descend from both the mythical Greek King Aeacus, and from the Greek Hero of the Trojan War, Achilles.

Alexander’s father, Philip II of Macedon, hired Aristotle, one of history’s greatest philosophers,, to educate the 13-year-old prince.

In the Spring of 335 BC Alexander wanted to strengthen his northern borders and sought to suppress several revolts. He defeated numerous tribes and states, then razed a rebellious Thebes. He then began his Asia campaign.