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Death of Alexander the Great Timeline Game

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About This Challenge

Explore the events surrounding the Death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC through this engaging timeline game.

  • Learn about the key battles and conquests of Alexander the Great
  • Discover the political intrigues and power struggles that followed his death
  • Challenge yourself to place these events in their correct chronological order
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  • June 10, 323 BC: Death of Alexander the Great
  • June 13, 323 BC: Alexander's body is placed in a gold sarcophagus and transported to Egypt
  • 323 BC: Ptolemy I Soter becomes ruler of Egypt
  • 323 BC: Alexander's body is placed in Alexandria's royal necropolis
  • 323 BC: Rivalry and power struggles among Alexander's generals begin
  • 322 BC: Funeral games held in honor of Alexander
  • 323 BC: Alexander's empire is divided among his generals at the Partition of Babylon
  • 322 BC: Wars of the Diadochi begin as generals vie for control
  • 316 BC: Cassander seizes control of Macedonia
  • 312 BC: Seleucus I Nicator establishes the Seleucid Empire in the east
  • 305 BC: Ptolemy I consolidates his power in Egypt
  • 306 BC: Antigonus I Monophthalmus declares himself king of Asia
  • 319 BC: Antipater dies, leaving Polyperchon as regent of Macedonia
  • 310 BC: Roxana and Alexander IV are murdered by Cassander
  • 301 BC: Seleucus I defeats Antigonus at the Battle of Ipsus
  • 307 BC: Demetrius I Poliorcetes captures Athens
  • 283 BC: Ptolemy II Philadelphus becomes ruler of Egypt
  • 323 BC: The Hellenistic period begins with the death of Alexander
  • c. 300 BC: The Library of Alexandria is founded by Ptolemy I
  • 196 BC: The Rosetta Stone is created during the reign of Ptolemy V

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