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Alexander the Great forged an empire from Greece to India

Macedonian campaigns spread Hellenistic culture across Egypt and Asia in twelve years

Between 334 and 323 BCE, King Alexander III of Macedon defeated the Persian Empire and campaigned eastward to the Indus River basin. His military conquests established strategic garrison cities, encouraged intermarriage, and blended Greek, Persian, and Egyptian cultures into the dynamic Hellenistic world.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Macedonian campaigns spread Hellenistic culture across Egypt and Asia in twelve years. The figure is taken from Encyclopaedia Britannica, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a history fact?: Yes. It sits on the History shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.