Alexander the Great of Macedon (356-323 B.C.E.):
Learn all about this famous and powerful Greek conqueror, whose empire stretched as far as India and northern Africa.
Part of our Biography Workbooks series for high school students, this item is eleven pages in length and full of cross-curricular activities and questions.
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Alexander the Great, son of Philip of Macedon and Olympias, daughter of Neoptolemus of Epirus, was born at Pella in 356 B.C.E. His mind was formed chiefly by Aristotle, who instructed him in every branch of human learning, especially in the art of government.
Alexander was sixteen years of age when his father marched against Byzantium, and left the government in his hands during his absence. Two years afterward, he displayed singular courage at the battle of Chæronea (338 B.C.E.), where he overthrew the Sacred Band of the Thebans. "My son," said Philip, as he embraced him after the conflict, "seek for thyself another kingdom, for that which I leave is too small for thee."
Answer Key: 1. Answers will vary; 2. B - Aristotle; 3. A - Antipater; 4. I - Pella; 5. J - Philip of Macedon; 6. L - Thebes; 7. E - Gordian Knot; 8. H - Olympias; 9. G - Hellespont; 10. C - Battle of Chaeronea; 11. B - False; 12. A - True; 13. Answers will vary; 14. Roxana, the daughter of Oxyartes; 15. Bucephalus; 16. A - True; 17. B - False; 18. Babylon; 19. Alexandria, Egypt; 20. Answers will vary; 21. Answers will vary; 22. Answers will vary, but might include "Rudolf of Ems," "Alexander," and the Koran; 23. D - Ukraine; 24. On map; 25. On map; 26. On map.
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