Alexander's Empire c. 323 B.C. Route of Alexander and his armies Major battle site EUROPE Danube Piter Balkan Peninsula 20°E MACEDON, Pella 40°N GREECE Aegean Chaeronea Thebes 338 BC Sea Athens THRACE Rhodes Crete Mediterranean Sea AFRICA ⒸeMapshop Sardis CYRENAICA Alexandria Oracle of Zeus-Ammon Granicus 334 B.C. Gordium 30°E EGYPT Nile River 20°E Cyprus Asia Minor Memphis PHOENICIA Tyre Gaza Black Sea 40°N GREECE Crete LIBYA Antioch LIBYAN DESERT کر Balkan Peninsula MACEDONIA Red Sea Danube Picer Ephesus Issus 333 B. Rhodes ⒸeMapshop SYRIA 0 THRACE 0 LYDIA ARABIAN PENINSULA Sardis Miletus 30°E Memphis Nikephorion CAUCASUS MTS. Persian Empire, c. 486 B.C. ARMENIA Tigris R EGYPT Euphrates R. Babylon City founded by Alexander Gaugamela 331 B.C. Shatt-al-Arab Alexandria Arbela Ecbatana, 250 250 500 km Halys R Black Sea Red Sea Asia Minor TAURUS MTS. Susa Cyprus Mediterranean Sea Sidon Damascus Tyre 500 mi 50°E CAPPADOCIA Jerusalem Capital city Harran ASSYRIA Mesopotamia Caspian Sea Persian Gulf PERSIAN EMPIRE Tigris Ri Euphrates River ARMENIA SYRIAN DESERT Babylon Alexandria Pasargadae Prophthasia Persepolis Arbela ASIA ZAGROS MTS Shati- al-Arab ARABIAN PENINSULA CAUCASUS MTS. (Amu Darya Royal Road Alexandria PARTHIA Alexandria Persian Gulf Alexandropolis 60°E Aral Sea Oxus River Caspian Sea MEDIA *Ecbatana Alexandria Arabian Sea Alexandria ELBURZ MTS. Rhagae (summer capital) Susa (winter capital) Jaxartes River (Syr Darya) Alexandria on the Caucasus PLATEAU OF IRAN Aspadana BACTRIA PERSIA Alexandria PARTHIA SAGARTIA Alexandria Eschate Alexandria Patala HINDU KUSH Kabul Bucephala Nicaea Indus River Alexandria Aral Sea Pasargadae *Persepolis (ceremonial capital) HIMALAYAS (Amu Darya Oxus River INDIA ⒸGeoNova Jaxartes River (Syr Darya) SOGDIANA BACTRIA Helmand River HINDU KUS GANDHAR ARACHOSIA Indus INDIA

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Compare the Persian Empire map and the Alexander the Great map; jot down observations for dicussions. 

Alexander's Empire c. 323 B.C.
Route of Alexander
and his armies
Major battle site
EUROPE
Danube
Ficer
Balkan Peninsula
20°E
THRACE
MACEDONI
Pella
40°N GREECE Aegean
Sea
Chaeronea Thebes
338 B.C. X
Athens
Rhodes
Crete
Mediterranean Sea
AFRICA
ⒸeMapshop
CYRENAICA Alexandria
Oracle of
Zeus-Ammon
Granicus
7334 B.C.
Sardis Asia Minor
30°E
EGYPT
Nile River
20°E
Cyprus
PHOENICIA
Tyre
Memphis
Gaza
40°N GREECE
Black Sea
Gordium
Crete
LIBYA
Antioch
LIBYAN
DESERT
Balkan
Peninsula
MACEDONIA
© GeoNova
Red Sea
Danube
Piver
S
Ephesus
ⒸeMapshop
Issus
333 B.Q
Rhodes
SYRIA
THRACE
0
0
30°E
ARABIAN
PENINSULA
Miletus
Memphis
Tigris R
Nikephorion
Persian Empire, c. 486 B.C.
CAUCASUS MTS.
ARMENIA
Euphrates R.
EGYPT
Babylon
Cyprus
C
Mediterranean Sea Sidon
Tyre
♦
City founded
by Alexander
Shatt-al-Arab
Alexandria
250
250 500 km
Gaugamela
331 B.C.
Arbela
Ecbatana,
LYDIA Asia Minor
Sardis
TAURUS MTS.
Halys R
Red Sea
Black Sea
500 mi
★
Susa
Harran
50°E
CAPPADOCIA
Jerusalem
Capital
city
ASSYRIA
Mesopotamia
Damascus
Caspian Sea
SYRIAN
DESERT
Persian Gulf
PERSIAN
EMPIRE
Euphrates River
Tigris Ricer
0
ARMENIA
Babylon
0
Alexandria
Pasargadae Prophthasia
Persepolis
ARABIAN
PENINSULA
ASIA
ZAGROS MTS*
Shatt
al-Arab
CAUCASUS MTS.
250
250
Royal
Road
Alexandria
Persian Gulf
Aral
Sea
60°E
500 km
Oxus River
Alexandropolis
(Amu Darya)
Alexandria
PARTHIA on the Caucasus
Alexandria
Caspian Sea
Alexandria
Arabian Sea
Alexandria
MEDIA
Ecbatana
(summer capital)
ELBURZ MTS.
Rhagae
Susa
(winter capital)
Jaxartes River
(Syr Darya)
PLATEAU OF IRAN
*Aspadana
500 mi
BACTRIA
PERSIA
Alexandria
PARTHIA
SAGARTIA
Patala
Alexandria Eschate
Alexandria
Indus River
HINDU KUSH
Kabul
Bucephala Nicaea
60°E
Pasargadae
Persepolis (ceremonial capital)
Alexandria
Aral
Sea
SHIMALAYAS
(Amu Darya)
Oxus River
INDIA
GeoNova
Jaxartes River
(Syr Darya)
SOGDIANA
BACTRIA
Helmand River
HINDU KUSH
GANDHARA
ARACHOSIA
Arabian Sea
Indus
INDIA
Transcribed Image Text:Alexander's Empire c. 323 B.C. Route of Alexander and his armies Major battle site EUROPE Danube Ficer Balkan Peninsula 20°E THRACE MACEDONI Pella 40°N GREECE Aegean Sea Chaeronea Thebes 338 B.C. X Athens Rhodes Crete Mediterranean Sea AFRICA ⒸeMapshop CYRENAICA Alexandria Oracle of Zeus-Ammon Granicus 7334 B.C. Sardis Asia Minor 30°E EGYPT Nile River 20°E Cyprus PHOENICIA Tyre Memphis Gaza 40°N GREECE Black Sea Gordium Crete LIBYA Antioch LIBYAN DESERT Balkan Peninsula MACEDONIA © GeoNova Red Sea Danube Piver S Ephesus ⒸeMapshop Issus 333 B.Q Rhodes SYRIA THRACE 0 0 30°E ARABIAN PENINSULA Miletus Memphis Tigris R Nikephorion Persian Empire, c. 486 B.C. CAUCASUS MTS. ARMENIA Euphrates R. EGYPT Babylon Cyprus C Mediterranean Sea Sidon Tyre ♦ City founded by Alexander Shatt-al-Arab Alexandria 250 250 500 km Gaugamela 331 B.C. Arbela Ecbatana, LYDIA Asia Minor Sardis TAURUS MTS. Halys R Red Sea Black Sea 500 mi ★ Susa Harran 50°E CAPPADOCIA Jerusalem Capital city ASSYRIA Mesopotamia Damascus Caspian Sea SYRIAN DESERT Persian Gulf PERSIAN EMPIRE Euphrates River Tigris Ricer 0 ARMENIA Babylon 0 Alexandria Pasargadae Prophthasia Persepolis ARABIAN PENINSULA ASIA ZAGROS MTS* Shatt al-Arab CAUCASUS MTS. 250 250 Royal Road Alexandria Persian Gulf Aral Sea 60°E 500 km Oxus River Alexandropolis (Amu Darya) Alexandria PARTHIA on the Caucasus Alexandria Caspian Sea Alexandria Arabian Sea Alexandria MEDIA Ecbatana (summer capital) ELBURZ MTS. Rhagae Susa (winter capital) Jaxartes River (Syr Darya) PLATEAU OF IRAN *Aspadana 500 mi BACTRIA PERSIA Alexandria PARTHIA SAGARTIA Patala Alexandria Eschate Alexandria Indus River HINDU KUSH Kabul Bucephala Nicaea 60°E Pasargadae Persepolis (ceremonial capital) Alexandria Aral Sea SHIMALAYAS (Amu Darya) Oxus River INDIA GeoNova Jaxartes River (Syr Darya) SOGDIANA BACTRIA Helmand River HINDU KUSH GANDHARA ARACHOSIA Arabian Sea Indus INDIA
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