By the time he died, aged just 32, he had redrawn the map of the northern hemisphere ... Alexander routed Persian king Darius III, taking the empire for his own. His territory now extended ...

Over a 10-year period, fighting across modern-day Turkey, the Middle East, and as far away as Afghanistan and Pakistan, Alexander routed Persian king Darius III, taking the empire for his own.

By the time he died, aged just 32, he had redrawn the map of the northern hemisphere ... and as far away as Afghanistan and ...

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