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17 hours ago · 2024.07.02. Alexander the Great was king of ancient Macedonia (356-323 BC). He won the wars against Persia, a powerful enemy, and further expanded his power to India, establishing a vast empire. The cultural policies of his empire laid the foundation of Hellenistic culture. In his youth, he studied under the famous philosopher Aristotle.
1 day ago · The deification of Macedonian monarchs perhaps began with the death of Philip II, but it was his son Alexander the Great who unambiguously claimed to be a living god.
2 days ago · Sun: The official flag of the Republic of North Macedonia, adopted in 1995, is a yellow sun with eight broadening rays extending to the edges of the red field.
3 days ago · It was founded in 312 BC by the Macedonian general Seleucus I Nicator, following the division of the Macedonian Empire founded by Alexander the Great, [12] [13] [14] [15] and ruled by the Seleucid dynasty until its annexation by the Roman Republic under Pompey in 63 BC.
5 days ago · Greek-Macedonia, the country's northern region, offers a broader variety of experiences for history buffs, beach lovers, and road-trippers, and still has an ancient history that compares to Athens ...
4 days ago · Ptolemaic Egypt was under the rule of a Macedonian and Greek ruling class; Cleopatra VII was the first Ptolemaic sovereign to learn the Egyptian language. Alexander the Great led with imaginative generalship, inspirational leadership, and as a master of siegecraft.
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4 days ago · Hellenistic age, in the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, the period between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 bce and the conquest of Egypt by Rome in 30 bce. For some purposes the period is extended for a further three and a half centuries, to the move by Constantine the Great of his.
