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APPENDIX:<br />

A BRIEF CHRONOLOGY OF<br />

ALEXANDER’SLIFE<br />

B.C.<br />

Major Events<br />

359 Philip II is king of Macedonia.<br />

356 Alexander is born, and later is educated by Aristotle.<br />

336 Philip is assassinated; Alexander becomes king.<br />

Alexander consolidates Greece.<br />

Alexander conquers the Asia Minor coast.<br />

334 Battle of Granicus.<br />

333 Battle of Issus.<br />

332 Siege of Tyre.<br />

Alexander enters and ‘‘liberates’’ Egypt.<br />

331 Battle of Gaugamela.<br />

330 Alexander conquers Mesopotamia.<br />

Destruction of Persepolis.<br />

Persian King Darius III murdered.<br />

Alexander initiates conquest of the Middle East.<br />

327 Alexander invades India.<br />

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