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Battles
Key people
100
What happened in 343-340?
Aristotle tutors Alexander
100
Name given to many cities that Alexander conquered
Alexandria
100
Ruled the Macedonia empire
Philip II
100
The first of four major battles where the Persians made a serious tactical blunder
What is the Battle of Granicus
100
I was a key historian for this time period
Who is Plutarch?
200
What happened in 335
Alexander defeats the Getae and destroys rebellious Thebes
200
I am armed with spears and shields
What is a hoplite?
200
Alexander was given this when he was 10 years old
What is Bucephalas?
200
This battle terrain was narrow and lied between the shore and mountains
What is the Battle of Issus?
200
I am a princess from Epirus and was very upset when Philip married Cleopatra
Who is Olympias?
300
When did Alexander die?
June 323
300
These people rose to prominence under Philip II
What is Macedonians?
300
Who am I? I was killed in a drunken brawl?
Cleitus
300
Decisive battle of the Persian Empire
What is the battle of Gaugamela?
300
I became king in 336
Who is Darius?
400
What year was Cleitus murdered?
328
400
I was one of Philip's bodyguards
Who is Pausanias?
400
Invaded in 326 BC
India
400
Battle fought in Boeotia in 338 BC
What is the Battle of Chaeronea?
400
Greatest friend to Alexander and was one of the most important general
Who is Hephaestion?
500
What year did Alexander marry Roxana?
327
500
Known as a political dominance of a state or city
What is Hegemony?
500
Place of Alexander's death
Babylon, Persian now know as Iraq
500
Tyre was destroyed
What is the battle of Egypt?
500
I organised the murder of Darius III and proclaimed myself king, I was tortured and put to death by Alexander
Who is Bessus?
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