ALEXANDER THE GREAT: 13 YEARS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD

Episode 1 | Human History — IndividualsIn this History episode we focus on Alexander the Great — the man who became king of Macedon at 20, conquered the Persian Empire, marched his army 22,000 miles to the borders of India, never lost a battle, and was dead at 32.This episode covers his education under Aristotle, his identification with Achilles, his father's assassination, the campaigns at Granicus and Issus and Gaugamela, the siege of Tyre, the catastrophic march through the Gedrosian desert, and his death in Babylon whose cause is still debated. The Hellenistic world he created shaped the Roman Empire, early Christianity, and the intellectual tradition of the Islamic world.One man. Thirteen years. The entire trajectory of Western civilization altered.#HistoryMystery #AlexanderTheGreat #AncientGreece #PersianEmpire #HistoryPodcast