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Alexander
destroys Persepolis
How a king from a small GREEK
city-state built a mighty EMPIRE
In 331 BCE, the Macedonian king and
general Alexander the Great defeated
Darius III and took control of the
mighty Persian empire. Here’s how.
From king
to pharaoh
Macedonia was just
a Greek city-state when
Alexander became king in
336 BCE. After pumping up
his kingdom’s status in
Greece, Alexander set
out to build an empire.
He swept undefeated
across Asia Minor
(modern-day Turkey),
Syria, and EGYPT. Once
there, he gave himself a
grand new title—pharaoh!
Alexander founded Alexander was
the port of only 25 when he
Alexandria in Egypt. ruined Persepolis!
What came after…
General PERDICCAS ruled General Ptolemy I Soter
Macedonia as regent took over Alexander’s
for Alexander’s son kingdom of Egypt. He
Alexander IV, who was founded a dynasty that
born in August 323 BCE. ruled for almost 300 years.
Perdiccas was assassinated The last Ptolemaic pharaoh
two or three years later. was CLEOPATRA (left).
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