Alexander the Great, also
known as
Alexander III or
Alexander of Macedonia, (born 356 bce, Pella, Macedonia [northwest of Thessalon--ki, Greece]--died June 13, 323 bce, Babylon [near Al-?illah, Iraq]), king of Macedonia (336-C323 bce), who overthrew the Persian empire, carried Macedonian arms to India, and laid the ...
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