\paperw7200 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 \b Alexander the Great (Pella 356 BC - Babylon 323 BC)\par
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\b0 The son of Philip II, he had Aristotle as a tutor. He
succeeded his father in 336, stifling opposition and rebellion at home and abroad. In 335 he destroyed Thebes, the center of a revolt against Macedonian rule. He led a great expedition against the Persians and defeated Darius III in 334 BC. As a result h
e occupied Syria, Palestine, and Egypt, achieving complete control over that portion of the Mediterranean Sea. His expedition headed further east, conquering Mesopotamia (333 BC) and Iran and pushing as far as the basin of the Indus river, where it turne
d back. Alexander sought to bring order to the vast territory he had conquered by reconciling and fusing the Greek element with the Oriental one, in an attempt to create a universal monarchy. He died suddenly of fever while preparing a new expedition aga
