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From age 13 to 16, Alexander was tutored by the famous Greek philosopher Aristotle, who instilled a love of learning and Greek culture. -
After his father Philip II was assassinated, the 20-year-old Alexander inherited the throne and eliminated rivals to secure his power. -
Alexander crossed the Hellespont into Asia Minor and won his first major battle against the Persian army at the Granicus River. -
Alexander defeated the much larger Persian army led by Darius III in a crucial battle, routing the Persians and capturing many of Darius’s family members. -
Alexander's final decisive victory over Darius III at the Battle of Gaugamela effectively ended the Achaemenid Persian Empire, and he was named king of Asia -
After a successful siege of Tyre, Alexander marched into Egypt, where he was welcomed as a liberator and founded the city of Alexandria, which became a major center of Hellenistic culture. -
Alexander pushed his army into India, where he fought his last major battle against King Porus at the River Hydaspes. His exhausted and homesick army eventually mutinied, forcing him to turn back
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Alexander died in Babylon at the age of 32 after a prolonged banquet. His cause of death remains a subject of debate, though illness is the most likely reason -
Alexander the Great Was born