Alexander the Great: How a 20-Year-Old Conquered the Known World

At twenty, he became king of a small kingdom in northern Greece. Eleven years later, he ruled an empire from Greece to India, and he never lost a battle. At 32, he was dead. This animated history explains how Alexander the Great did it: Philip's phalanx, the taming of Bucephalus, the brutal destruction of Thebes, the battles of Granicus, Issus and Gaugamela, the siege of Tyre, and the march to the edge of the known world. It also shows the dark side: the killing of Cleitus, the mutiny at the Hyphasis, the deadly march through the Gedrosian desert, and a death in Babylon that is still a mystery today. Genius, conqueror, or both? Let us know in the comments. 0:00 Intro 0:26 A Prince of Macedon 1:18 King at Twenty 1:47 Into Persia 2:35 Tyre and Egypt 3:10 Gaugamela 3:54 To the Ends of the World 4:50 Death in Babylon 5:42 Was He Great? #AlexanderTheGreat #History #AncientGreece #Persia #Animation