World History - Ancient Greece - Alexander the Great

2. Phillip II of Macedonia: Father of Alexander

3. Alexander the Great

6. The Greatest Warrior of all time? Alexander the Great…

7. May be the only general in history to never lose a battle…

8. Greece M A C E D O N I A

11. Alexander the Great : His name struck fear into hearts of men… Alexander the Great : Became a legend ‘mongst mortal men…

12. Alexander defeats Persia

13. Invasion of Persia 334 BC

14. Darius III defeated at Issus

15. Darius flees, killed by his own generals

16. Alexander the Great , Became a GOD among mortal men

19. His conquests create the Hellenistic Era: An age that saw the expansion of Greek language and ideas

24. Defeats 250,000 Persians at Gaugamela

25. He would become the master of Asia!

26. He would become the master of Asia!

27. Hellenism he spread far and wide, The Macedonian learned mind, Their culture was a western way of life, He paved the way for Christianity

28. Marching on…. Marching on….

29. Indus Alexander Invades India

31. The battle wearing marching side by side, Alexander’s army line by line, They wouldn’t follow him to India, Tired of the combat, pain and the glory.

33. Alexander the Great… he died of fever in Babylon.

34. Alexander’s Sarcophagus

35. Empire broken up among Generals