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 the Great
surface form: Empire of Alexander III of Macedon

Macedon
surface form: Macedonian Empire
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 Macedon
surface form: Kingdom of Macedon
formedBy conquests of Alexander the Great
governmentType monarchy
hasCapital Babylon
Pella, Greece
surface form: Pella
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 the Hydaspes
surface form: Battle of Hydaspes

Battle of Issus
Siege of Tyre
surface form: Siege of Tyre (332 BC)
notableCityFounded Alexandria Eschate
Alexandria, Egypt
surface form: Alexandria in Egypt
officialLanguage Greek
partOf Hellenistic period
surface form: Hellenistic world
policy founding of Greek-style cities
promotion of cultural Hellenization
precedes Hellenistic kingdoms
surface form: 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 dynasty
surface form: Antigonid Kingdom of Macedon

Kingdom of Pergamon
surface form: Attalid Kingdom of Pergamon

Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
Indo-Greek Kingdoms
surface form: Indo-Greek Kingdom

Ptolemaic Kingdom
Seleucid Empire
territoryIncludes Asia Minor
Bactria
Cyrenaica
Egypt
Greece
Macedon
Media
Mesopotamia
Persia
Phoenician civilization
surface form: 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 the Great
this entity surface form: Empire of Alexander III of Macedon
Anaxarchus historicalPeriod Empire of Alexander the Great
this entity surface form: Age of Alexander the Great