Alexander’s Wars of Conquest
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Military History, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Empires, Dynasties, Invasions, Raids, Conquests, Sieges, Hellenistic Age, Ancient Greece
- Curriculum: Eastern European History, Asian History, Middle Eastern History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Turkey, Asia Minor, Central Asia, South Asia, India
- Date: 336-323
Article abstract: At issue: Birth of the Hellenistic world empire. Result: Spread of Hellenistic culture in the Mediterranean world and Middle East.
Background
Alexander the Great’s world was a small one, in which Europe (except for Greece) was of no consequence and Egypt was a part of the Persian Empire, which extended over habitable Asia. However, his theater of war was immense—extending from south of the Danube to beyond the Indus and from the Syr Daria to the Nile. It included the Balkans, Turkey, Syria, Palestine, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan,...
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