Historical figure · Pearson Edexcel International GCSE revision on Incandio

Alexander the Great

Portrait of Alexander the Great

King of Asia · Son of Zeus-Ammon · King of Macedon · 356–323 BC

Conqueror of the Persian Empire, founder of Alexandria, student of Aristotle.

Why Alexander is on Incandio

Incandio is a free revision platform for the Pearson Edexcel International GCSE. Its historical figures are the people a student learns from, questions and — where a specification topic is theirs — defends an idea against. Alexander the Great can be questioned here in a dramatised, historically grounded portrayal, and the five-chapter life below is written to be read alongside the course.

Explore the life of Alexander — five chapters

  1. A Prince of Macedon — Philip, Olympias and a warrior kingdom
  2. Taught by Aristotle — A conqueror's education
  3. The Conquest of Persia — An empire won in a decade
  4. To India — and No Further — The limits of conquest
  5. The Hellenistic World — What his conquests left behind

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