High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Conqueror and King of Macedonia, Alexander the Great was born September 20, 356 B.C. in Pella, Macedonia. During his leadership, he united the Greek city-states and led the Corinthian League. He also became the king of Persia, Babylon and Asia, and created Macedonian colonies in Iran. After conquering the Achaemenid Empire of Persia, the Macedonian king (and now high king of the Persian Empire) Alexander the Great launched a campaign in what is now Pakistan. The rationale for this campaign is usually said to be Alexander's desire to conquer the entire known world, which the Greeks thought ended in north-western Indian subcontinent. While considering the conquests of Carthage and Rome, Alexander died of malaria in Babylon on June 13, 323 B.C. In 321 BC, two years after Alexander's death, Chandragupta Maurya of Magadha, founded the Maurya Empire in India. Данное издание представляет собой компиляцию сведений, находящихся в свободном доступе в...