World History › Section E · The ancient Mediterranean › Topic E.3
Alexander and the Hellenistic era
In just over a decade, a Macedonian king conquered the Persian Empire and reached India. His generals carved his conquests into kingdoms where Greek language and institutions mixed with Egyptian, Babylonian, Persian and Indian traditions, until Rome absorbed the last of them in 30 BCE.
In this topic
- Philip II builds Macedon
- Alexander conquers Persia
- To India and back
- Worked example: why did Persepolis burn?
- The successor kingdoms
- Kings, queens and subjects
- Cities and a common Greek
- Worked example: Eratosthenes measures the Earth
- New philosophies and faiths
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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