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Alexander's Empire
The ancient Kingdom of Macedonia, situated in the north of modern
Greece, was established by Perdiccas I about 640 B.C. Perdiccas was a
Dorian, although the Macedonian tribes included Thracian and Illyrian
elements. Originally a semibarbarous and fragmented power, Macedon bec ....
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.... order to his
domain by armed force when necessary, by diplomatic guile whenever he could,
Philip set out to make Macedon the greatest power in the Greek world.
Alexander was born in 356 to the first wife of Philip. As a teenager
Alexander was educated by Athenian philosopher Aristotle. By the year 337
all of the Greek city-states had been conquered or forced into an alliance
by Philip. He was planning to lead their joint forces for an invasion of
the Persian empire when he was assassinated in 336. Thus at the age of 20,
Alexander became king of the Macedon ....
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