Category: Alexander the Great – 334 BC to 323 BC

The Intertwining of Persia, Greece and Macedon: The Beginning

Reading Time: 3 minutes Alexander’s position and importance in history was largely determined by the events of the prior150 years of back and forth diplomacy, skirmishes and turbulence that occurred between the Greek and Persian empires. Through the turbulence, Greek cities along the Aegean coastline in Anatolia had experienced rule under the Lydian kings of Sardis, up until the…
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