Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great's teacher

Aristotle

A Persian princess, Alexander's wife

Roxane

Alexander's mother

Olympias

Alexander's best friend

Hephaestion

Alexander's son

Alexander IV

Alexander's father

Philip II

Took control of Egypt after Alexander's death

Ptolemy

King of Persia

Darius III

Alexander's horse

Bucephalus

7 month siege, Alexander won using a land bridge to reach the island

Tyre

At age 16, Alexander acted as this while his father was away.

regent (king)

At age 18, Alexander...

commanded troops in his father’s army

At age 20, Alexander became

King of Macedonia

At the Siege of Tyre, what new weapon was used to defeat the Tyrians?

the torsion catapult

When and where Alexander was born.

356 B.C., Pella, Macedonia

When and where Alexander died

323 B.C., Babylon

Alexander’s men mutinied against him at…

Opis

Where did Bucephalus die?

at the Battle of the River Hydaspes

Philip II was king of...

Macedonia

city that Alexander built in Egypt

Alexandria

This happened to Olympias, Roxane and Alexander IV.

They were murdered in Egypt.

16ft long spears used in Alexander's phalanxes

sarissas

the new capital city of Alexander's empire

Babylon

Alexander burned this city to the ground as a final punishment against the Persians.

Persepolis

Alexander murdered him during an argument.

Cleitus

In today's money, this is how much did Alexander inherit from the Persian Empire.

60 billion

What Darius did when he fled the battlefield.

He left his wife, mother and daughter. Alexander allowed them to remain royalty.

Things Alexander did that angered Alexander's men.

-wearing Persian clothes

-adopting Persian customs

-training Persians for his army

He was murdered by his own men.

Darius

Two possible ways in which Alexander died

-died of fever

-poisoned

He was assassinated by Pausanias.

Philip II

General that was part of a conspiracy with his son to murder Alexander

Parmenion

Alexander leads his army through this desert, and lost many of his soldiers.

Gedrosian

Reasons why Alexander was a hero or a villain.

Look at your study guide. Did you write hero or villain?