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JOURNAL OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT RESOURCES Childhood and Education http://www.livius.org/sources/content/plutarch/plutarchs-alexander/alexander-and-aristotle/ https://www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/LEARNING-FROM-ARISTOTLE-Alexander-the-Great http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/world-history/aristotle-and-alexander-the-man-who- codified-greek-ideas-about-nature-and-the-man-who-spread-them-1608033.html http://www.biography.com/people/alexander-the-great-9180468#early-life Relationship with Bucephalus http://www.livius.org/sources/content/plutarch/plutarchs-alexander/alexander-and-bucephalus/ http://www.theequinest.com/bucephalus/ http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/alexander/g/Bucephalus.htm http://www.ancient.eu/Bucephalus/ Role in his father’s army http://warfarehistorynetwork.com/daily/military-history/macedonias-elite-companion-cavalry-under- alexander-the-great/ http://www.livius.org/sources/content/diodorus/the-battle-of-chaeronea/ Battle of Thebes http://www.livius.org/sources/content/diodorus/the-sack-of-thebes/ https://thesecondachilles.com/2014/06/27/the-fall-of-thebes/ http://thegreatcommanders.com/destruction_thebes.html Battle of Granicus River http://www.ancient.eu/Battle_of_the_Granicus/ http://www.livius.org/sources/content/plutarch/plutarchs-alexander/battle-on-the-granicus/ http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~rauhn/Hist303/Battle%20of%20the%20Granicus%20River%20334%20BC.ht m Battle of Issus http://alexandermosaik.de/en/battle_of_issus.html http://www.livius.org/sources/content/diodorus/the-battle-of-issus/ http://greatmilitarybattles.com/Battle%20of%20Issus.htm http://www.historynet.com/wars-of-alexander-the-great-battle-of-issus.htm Time in Egypt http://www.eternalegypt.org/EternalEgyptWebsiteWeb/HomeServlet?ee_website_action_key=action.di splay.module&story_id=&language_id=1&module_id=330&text=text http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/alexanderthegreat.htm http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Journals/JEA/2/2/Alexander_in_Egypt*.html http://www.ancient.eu/alexandria/ Siege of Tyre http://www.ancient.eu/article/107/ http://www.livius.org/articles/battle/tyre-332-bce/ http://joseph_berrigan.tripod.com/ancientbabylon/id34.html Battle of Gaugamela http://alexandermosaik.de/en/battle_of_gaugamela.html http://www.ancient.eu/article/108/ http://www.livius.org/articles/battle/gaugamela-331-bce/ Battle of the Persian Gate http://www.livius.org/articles/battle/persian-gate-330-bce/ http://alexanerthegreat.blogspot.com/2008/11/battle-of-persian-gate.html http://www.fouman.com/Y/Get_Iranian_History_Today.php?artid=1166 Battle of Hydaspes http://www.livius.org/articles/battle/hydaspes/ http://joseph_berrigan.tripod.com/ancientbabylon/id36.html http://www.historynet.com/wars-of-alexander-the-great-battle-of-the-hydaspes-river.htm Spread of Hellenistic Culture http://www.ancient.eu/article/94/ http://www.slideshare.net/erinlord/alexander-the-great-and-the-spread-of-hellenistic-culture http://www.penfield.edu/webpages/jgiotto/onlinetextbook.cfm?subpage=1653418 YOUR TEXTBOOK ALSO HAS INFORMATION ON THE HELLENISTIC CULTURE .

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