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	Alexander the Great - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alexander's army crossed the Cilician Gates, met and defeated the main Persian army under the command of Darius III at the Battle of Issus in 333 BC.
		In 332 BC - 331 BC, Alexander was welcomed as a liberator in Egypt and was pronounced the son of Zeus by Egyptian priests of the god Ammon at the Oracle of the god at the Siwa Oasis in the Libyan desert.
		Alexander was often identified in Persian and Arabic-language sources as Dhul-Qarnayn, Arabic for the "Two-Horned One", possibly a reference to the appearance of a horn-headed figure that appears on coins minted during his rule and later imitated in ancient Middle Eastern coinage.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alexander_the_Great (9355 words)

	BBC - History - Alexander III of Macedon (356-323 BC)
		Alexander III of Macedon, better known as Alexander the Great, single-handedly changed the entire nature of the ancient world in little more than ten years.
		Born in the northern Greek kingdom of Macedonia in 356 BC, to Philip II and his formidable wife Olympias, Alexander was educated by the philosopher Aristotle.
		Primarily a soldier, Alexander was an acknowledged military genius who always led by example, although his belief in his own indestructibility meant he was often reckless with his own life and that of those he expected to follow him.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/historic_figures/alexander_the_great.shtml (470 words)

	Alexander - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alexander Balas, ruler of the Seleucid kingdom of Syria between 150 and 146 BC Alexander Severus, (208–235), Roman Empire
		Alexander I of Russia (1777–1825), emperor of Russia
		Alexander III of Russia (1845–1894), emperor of Russia
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alexander (578 words)

	Alexander The Great - Crystalinks
		Alexander was the son of King Philip II of Macedon and of Epirote princess Olympias.
		At the ancient Phrygian capital of Gordium, Alexander "undid" the tangled Gordian knot, a feat said to await the future "king of Asia." According to the most vivid story, Alexander proclaimed that it did not matter how the knot was undone, and he hacked it apart with his sword.
		Alexander's character also suffers from the interpretation of historians who themselves are subject to the bias and idealisms of their own time.
	www.crystalinks.com /alexanderthegreat.html (3823 words)

	Alexander the Great - Phantis
		In 332 BC-331 BC Alexander was welcomed as a liberator in Egypt and was pronounced the son of Zeus by Egyptian priests of the god Ammon at the Oracle of the god at the Siwa Oasis in the Libyan desert.
		Alexander fought an epic battle against Porus, a ruler of a region in the Punjab in the Battle of Hydaspes (326 BC).
		Alexander's empire was divided at first into four major portions: Cassander ruled in Greece, Lysimachus in Thrace, Seleucus I Nicator ("the winner") in Mesopotamia and Iran, and Ptolemy I in the Levant and Egypt.
	wiki.phantis.com /index.php/Alexander_the_Great (5420 words)

	Alexander The Great (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Alexander himself led the companions, the elite of the cavalry.
		Alexander's army and a huge force led by Darius III of Persia met at Issus in October 333 BC.
		Alexander, however, was determined to press on to the eastern limit of the world, which he believed was not far beyond the Indus River.
	www.mtsu.edu /~alj2x/alexander.htm (1300 words)

	Royalty.nu - Alexander the Great, King of Macedon
		Alexander the Great's father, Philip, was the brother of King Perdiccas III of Macedon or Macedonia, in northern Greece.
		In the Absence of Alexander: Harpalus and the Failure of of Macedonian Authority by Christopher Blackwell.
		Alexander: A History of the Origin and Growth of the Art of War from the Earliest Times to the Battle of Ipsus, 301 BC by Theodore Ayrault Dodge.
	www.royalty.nu /Europe/Balkan/Alexander.html (3914 words)

	ALEXANDER THE GREAT, Project by JJP
		Alexander was born at Pella in Macedonia in the late July of 356 BC, on the same day as the famous Temple of Artemis at Ephesus was burned.
		Alexander, Prince Regent 340 During Philip's expedition against the Byzantium in 340, Alexander, then sixteen years old was left in Macedonia in the charge of royal seal; Alexander in the mean time was not idle, he reduced the rebellious Maedi, a Thracian tribe to obedience.
		On Alexander reaching the oracle in its oasis, the priest gave him the traditional salutation of a pharaoh, as son of Ammon; Alexander consulted the oracle and : Oracle proclaimed Alexander the son of Deus - Amon (Zeus).
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	Biography - Alexander the Great and his Gay Affairs
		Alexander was to embody those values for the rest of his brief but volcanic life, and even to stretch the accepted boundaries of ancient male love by living out his great romance with a man his own age, his childhood friend Hephaestion.
		Alexander’s favor to Bagoas is also apparent in his subsequent appointment of Bagoas as one of the trierarchs, men of substance who oversaw and funded the construction of the navy for the journey homeward.
		Alexander, who till then had borne without breaking stride hardship and wounds that would have felled a lesser man, was undone by this loss.
	www.androphile.org /preview/Library/Biographies/Alexander/Alexander.htm (1387 words)

	Alexander the Great (Alexander of Macedon) Biography
		Alexander III the Great, the King of Macedonia and conqueror of the Persian Empire is considered one of the greatest military geniuses of all times.
		Alexander was born in 356 BC in Pella, the ancient capital of Macedonia.
		Alexander tortured and executed the accused leader of the conspiracy, Parmenio's son Philotas, the commander of the cavalry.
	www.historyofmacedonia.org /AncientMacedonia/AlexandertheGreat.html (5650 words)

	(41) Macedon, Alexander III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Alexander reformed Macedonian coinage, instituting types that would be circulated throughout his empire long after his death.
		Alexander was particularly devoted to Herakles and in time came to be identified with him.
		Whether the features of Herakles on the coins were subtly altered to those of Alexander in his lifetime is uncertain, but after his death the image was widely regarded as a portrait of Alexander.
	www.lawrence.edu /dept/art/buerger/catalogue/041.html (414 words)

	The Invincible Macedeonian Phalanx
		In the seven million state of Egypt, Alexander was the only one to have received all divine honours expressed in the form of three ranks: as Horus he was god, as the “son of Ra” he was the son of God, and as “loved by Amon” he was the gods’ favourite, chosen by Ra.
		During the period of tropical rains, Alexander III of Macedon resumed his conquest and research to Penjab, and reached the Hifasa river.
		Alexander III of Macedon and the majority of the Macedonian army set out across the desert lands of Gedrosia and reached Pura, leaving three quarters of his army in the harsh desert lands of Gedrosia.
	www.unet.com.mk /ancient-macedonians-part2/nepobedliva-e.htm (1297 words)

	Philip II of Macedon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		'''Philip II of Macedon''' (&934;&921;&923;&921;&928;&928;&927;&931;) (382 BC - 336 BC), King of Macedon (ruled 359 BC - 336 BC), was the father of Alexander the Great (Alexander III of Macedon) and Philip III of Macedon.
		Portrait of [[Philip II of Macedon, found at Vergina]] Born in Pella in 382 BC, he was the youngest son of King Amyntas III of Macedon and Queen Eurydice.
		The deaths of his elder brothers, Kings Alexander II of Macedon and Perdiccas III of Macedon, allowed him to take the throne in 359 BC.
	philip-ii-of-macedon.iqnaut.net (1025 words)

	Search Tuna Report for Alexander the Great (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The son of King Phillip II of Macedon, Alexander was educated by the philosopher and first led troops at age 18.
		Alexander had never considered his half-brother a threat until his father and Pixodarus of Caria part of the Persian Empire began to discuss marriage plans between their children....
		Thus, 2nd-century Greek historian Arrian's statement that Alexander entered the riverbed which would have been out of the effective range of the enemy's javelins and continually extended his troops obliquely in the direction in which the current was pulling them indicates that he moved his men downstream, to his left....
	www.searchtuna.com /ftlive2/1304.html (2320 words)

	Alexander (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Alexander was born in 356 BC at Pella, the capital of Macedon, a kingdom north of Hellas (Greece).
		Alexander famous horse Boucalifalios was killed here and burried in a stupa still to be found.
		Alexander stayed here for one year for rest.(The site of this city still not excavated) and from here he sailed to Thatta a famous sea port at the delta of River Indus in a specially prepared fleet.
	www.alpine.com.pk /alexander.html (1610 words)

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