Bactria, a huge area in todays' Afghanistan, was the eastern edge of the ancient Greek empire, established by Alexander the ...

The so-called Ionian Revolt was the beginning of a series of events and war reprisals between Ancient Greeks and Persians.

The destiny of Greece would thereafter become inseparable with the empire of Philip's son: Alexander the Great. A year after their defeat of Athens in 404 BC, the Spartans allowed the Athenians to ...

After the Mycenaean age ended in about 1100BC, Greece entered a Dark ... beliefs and clothes. Alexander the Great founded over 70 cities and created an empire that stretched across three ...

After the Mycenaean age ended in about 1100BC, Greece entered a Dark Age ... He was Alexander the Great, from Macedonia. Alexander led his army to conquer an empire that stretched as far as ...

After defeating the Persian Empire he moved further ... than three centuries after Alexander's death — may have died off before it could spread widely. "Koine Greek was the language used to ...

It spanned from Greece to northwestern India ... conquer Western Anatolia and much of Asia, extending his empire into India." After Alexander died, bloody fights broke out for power, control ...