Philip of Macedonia, being assassinated on the eve of his departure.
Alexander the Great invaded and conquered the Persian Empire in the year 334BC
To make his people happy
Yes - 334-324 BCE.
He planned to take over the Persian Empire. However he was assassinated on the eve of departure and his son Alexander took over and did the job.
Xerxes crossed the Hellespont to invade Greece and expand the Persian Empire.
He wanted to make his kingdom strong enough to defeat the mighty persian empire.
An army, a fleet and the ambition to rule Asia (he thought the world reached only as far as India).
The Persian Empire.
The Persian Empire was not a person.
He sacked Thebes in around 336/335 B.C. He then went on to conquer Persia and sacked Persepolis a few years later.
Persian Empire
The Persian Empire absorbed the Babylonian Empire.