Alexander the Great notes

King Phillip was born in Pella of Macedona, and he was king from 359 B.C. until assassinated in 336 B.C. Olympias was a princess married to King Phillip and her original name was Myrtale. She had Alexander but king Phillip married another women and had a son with her, and Olympias had a lot of power so she had that women and her son killed to insure that Alexander would be the next king. She also claimed her son was the son of Zeus. Alexander the great was also born in the Pella region of Maceidona on Sep 20th 350 B.C. he resented his father because he barely saw him and had a very good relationship with his mother. Bucephalus was a horse that seemed untamable, so Alexander took it in, realized it just afraid of its own shadow so he was able to tame it, he rode that horse into all of his battles until it was killed in battle. That was "his" horse he always had. He was tutored by Leonidas and was taught math, horsemanship  and archery. Also tutored by Lysimachus. at 343 B.C. he was tutored by Aristotle and over three years he taught him philosophic  drama, science, poetry, and politics. King Phillip was assianated in Aegea by Pausanians. Alexander had him crucified for revenge. Alexander had a lot of tension in his family, his father married Cleopatra. When his father died he came into power and a lot of people doubted him. he had all of his doubters killed. He restored all the places his father conquered and then moved on to his own conquest. He battled the Persians for his father. Granicus River in 335 B.C. and then he crossed the Hellespont into Asia in 334 B.C. Alexander won many battles fighting on the river. Siege of Halicarnassus was fought in 334 B.C. He conquered Egypt at Gaza.

Tutored by Aristotle, his father was King Phillip II. His horse was Bucephalus. it means oxes head. battle of helenicarcus. A battle in the Persian war,  lead by Darius III, the battle where Darius ran was Galcolmael.
the battle where Alexander almost died and his horse died in India was .
His death was at 32. They think he was poisoned by wine. Also might have been malaria.
His ruling style was to encourage Macedonia men to marry Persian women. He tried to combine the cultures called Hellenistic era.