Description: A map of the empire of Alexander the Great (336–323 BC), showing the territory under his control from Greece to Egypt, and Asia to the Indus River. The map shows the routes of Alexander's conquests through Thrace and Greece, Anatolia, Syria, Egypt, Babylonia and Persia, and east to Sogdiana and the Kingdom of Porus. The map shows the major cities, terrain barriers, and battle sites at the time.
Place Names: Regional Miscellaneous, Africa, Asia, Europ
ISO Topic Categories: physical, political, kAlexandertheGreat, kWorldMedSea, kWorldAfroAsia, kWorldEurasia
Keywords: Empire of Alexander the Great, physical, political, kAlexandertheGreat, physical features, country borders, physical, political, kAlexandertheGreat, kWorldMedSea, kWorldAfroAsia, kWorldEurasia, Unknown, 323 BC
Source: Phillip Van Ness Myers, L.H.D., A History of Greece (Boston, MA: Ginn and Company, 1897) 442
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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