Empire of Alexander the Great

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The Empire of Alexander the Great was a vast ancient Macedonian realm that briefly united territories from Greece and Egypt to Persia and parts of India before fragmenting into successor kingdoms ruled by his generals.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hellenistic state ⓘ
Macedonian empire ⓘ
ancient empire ⓘ
administrativePractice fusion of Macedonian and Persian elites ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Empire of Alexander III of Macedon ⓘ
Macedonian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Macedon
areaAtGreatestExtent over 5,000,000 square kilometers ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
currency gold stater ⓘ
silver tetradrachm ⓘ
dissolutionCause succession crisis ⓘ
dissolutionEvent death of Alexander the Great ⓘ
dissolutionResult Wars of the Diadochi ⓘ
formation of Hellenistic kingdoms ⓘ
dissolutionYear 323 BC ⓘ
endTime 323 BC ⓘ
follows Kingdom of Macedon ⓘ
linked to: Macedon
formedBy conquests of Alexander the Great ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
hasCapital Babylon ⓘ
Pella ⓘ
linked to: Pella, Greece
historicalEra Classical antiquity ⓘ
early Hellenistic period ⓘ
language Koine Greek ⓘ
legacy decline of the Achaemenid Persian Empire ⓘ
foundation for later Hellenistic kingdoms ⓘ
spread of Hellenistic culture across the Near East ⓘ
namedAfter Alexander the Great ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Gaugamela ⓘ
Battle of Granicus ⓘ
Battle of Hydaspes ⓘ
Battle of Issus ⓘ
Siege of Tyre (332 BC) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Tyre
notableCityFounded Alexandria Eschate ⓘ
Alexandria in Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Alexandria, Egypt
officialLanguage Greek ⓘ
partOf Hellenistic world ⓘ
linked to: Hellenistic period
policy founding of Greek-style cities ⓘ
promotion of cultural Hellenization ⓘ
precedes Hellenistic successor kingdoms ⓘ
predecessorState Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
ruler Alexander the Great ⓘ
rulerTitle Hegemon of the Hellenic League ⓘ
King of Macedon ⓘ
Pharaoh of Egypt ⓘ
Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
significantExpansionStart 334 BC ⓘ
startTime 336 BC ⓘ
successor Antigonid Kingdom of Macedon ⓘ
linked to: Antigonid dynasty

Attalid Kingdom of Pergamon ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Pergamon

Greco-Bactrian Kingdom ⓘ
Indo-Greek Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Indo-Greek Kingdoms

Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
Seleucid Empire ⓘ
territoryIncludes Asia Minor ⓘ
Bactria ⓘ
Cyrenaica ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Macedon ⓘ
Media ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ
Persia ⓘ
Phoenicia ⓘ
Sogdia ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Thrace ⓘ
parts of the Indus Valley ⓘ

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Diadochi → divided → Empire of Alexander the Great ⓘ
Seleucid Empire → follows → Empire of Alexander the Great ⓘ
Empire of Alexander the Great → alsoKnownAs → Empire of Alexander III of Macedon ⓘ
linked to: Empire of Alexander the Great
Anaxarchus → historicalPeriod → Age of Alexander the Great ⓘ
linked to: Empire of Alexander the Great
House of Ptolemy → predecessor → Empire of Alexander the Great ⓘ