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How Alexander the Great redrew the map of the world
Since his death in 323 BCE, the world has been obsessed with Alexander the Great, who set out from his kingdom of Macedon (in ...
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Persian Empire Builder
All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Persian Empire Builder Dominate the ancient world economically and conquer it leading the greatest empire known in history of mankind. As a ruler of ...
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2,400-year-old battlefield of Alexander the Great’s first Persian victory found
The site of one of the most decisive battles in history, the Battle of Granicus, where Alexander the Great first defeated the Persians in pursuit of all of Asia Minor, has finally been located in ...
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Archaeologists unearthed the site of the first battle between Alexander the Great and the Persian Empire
Archaeologists in Turkey have just identified the site of Alexander the Great's first victory over the Persian Empire. This particular site had been unclear for 150 years. In 334 BC, Alexander the ...
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The Rest of the World at the time of Classical Greece
It would be another three centuries before Rome absorbed the Greek city-states into its own empire in 146 BC. The Persian Empire: Asia & Egypt: Originally founded by Cyrus the Great in 559 BC ...
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How Alexander the Great redrew the map of the world
Then, in 334 BCE, he led his army into Asia to fulfil Philip’s ambition of conquering the Persian Empire — the largest in the world at that time. Over a 10-year period, fighting across modern ...