Alexander the Great's Conquest of the Persian Empire
334 BCE
Macedonian conquest overthrows Darius III and spreads Hellenism from Egypt to India.
Sources and References
Sarcophage d'Alexandre (Musée Archéologique d'Istanbul)
Arrien, *Anabase d'Alexandre* & Quinte-Curce, *Histoire d'Alexandre le Grand*
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Ancient Greece clusterMinoans, Mycenae, city-states, Persian Wars, Pericles, Alexander.
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326 BCE
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322 BCE
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261 BCE
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