How long did it take for Alexander to build his empire?

Answer 1

Alexander the great did not conquer Greece.

His father Philip II of Macedonia, with his son Alexander in his army, defeated the city-states of Thebes and Athens. These cities were part of the hundreds of city-states which made up the Greek world. Philip gained control of central Greece through a combination of this victory at Chaeronea and diplomacy, and used proxy votes from other cities to gain control of the Amphyctionic League and the Corinthian League to dominate the Greek peninsula. It took years of diplomacy, bribery and force for Philip to achieve this dominance and be declared Hegemon of Greece (leader, not ruler).

Alexander succeeded as Hegemon on Philip's assassination, and had to put down an uprising led by Thebes. He burnt the city and sold its people into slavery as a warning to the other cities. So you could say that it took the few weeks of this action to conquer the desire of the cities to be independent.

Answer 2

His entire reign....from the age of 20 - he took the throne then - to the age of 33 when he died, so about 13 years.

Answer 3

it took him tenyears not couting the three years to walk to Persia

Answer 4

Alexander the Great did everything he did only in 32 years before he died in 323 B.C.

Answer 5

it took him one year.. now gtfo noobs!! it took him one year.. now gtfo noobs!!

Answer 6

Alexander the Great conquered a large part of the then known world, but he did not conquer it all. His conquests were made over a period of 11 years.

Answer 7

He brought the Persian Empire under his control in ten years of fighting.

Answer 8

A decade.