And the It was in early June of 323 B.C.

some actually pinpoint the date to June 10th

when the unthinkable happened.

It was then, amidst the colorful flowers and green trees that made up the lush gardens of Babylon,

that Alexander of Masadon, or as we know him today, Alexander the Great, took his final breath.

The importance of this event cannot be overstated, for it would be his death and the events

that took place soon after that would eventually lead to Cleopatra herself being placed on the throne of Egypt.

So let's map out this sequence of events.

For almost 12 straight years, So let's map out this sequence of events.

For almost 12 straight years, Alexander the Great, who led his first battle at age 16 and became

King of Macedonia at age 20.

Stampeded through what was then the known world,

creating one of the largest empires in ancient history.

One author, Paul Doherty, put it this way when writing about Alexander's conquests,

quote, this military genius from a small unimpressive kingdom to the northwest of Greece had raged like a wolf through the Persian Empire

conquering lands of the Middle East Egypt Palestine, Iraq, and Iran.

His armies penetrating into Western Pakistan and the Northwest frontier of India."

Alexander the Great is arguably the most successful military commander in all of history,

having never lost a single battle.

He was undefeated, as they say.

And one of the craziest parts of this whole thing is that Alexander accomplished most of this before he was 30 years old.

The empire he built was over before he was 30 years old.

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