Did Alexander conquer India

Answer 1

• No, Alexander the great never conquered Europe. After the assassination of his father (Philip II) Alexander became ruler of Macedonia. After quickly crushing the rebellion of the Thracian tribes in the northern badlands (previously conquered by king Philip) there was a brief uprising among some of the Greek city-states, which refused to recognise Alexander as the legitimate leader of the united Hellenic alliance, the position previously held by his father.

• Thebes, the city responsible for the uprising, was quickly laid to siege by Alexander and his armies, and ultimately destroyed. Alexander ordered all of the inhabitants killed or sold into slavery. This show of strength was enough to make the other city states fearful of Alexanders military superiority and Alexander was announced life-long leader of the Hellenic alliance by the city of Athens.

• Shortly after, Alexander began his campaigns in Persia, beginning in Asia minor (modern day Turkey) where he planned to liberate the Greek cities, which had fallen and become vassal states to the Persian empire, since the Greek/Persian wars some years earlier. He liberated these cities, and with his success continued to march his armies east, waging war and winning major victories over the Persian king Darius.

• Following Darius' death, after the battle of Gaugamela, Alexander the great became king of Persia and continued to conquer modern day Turkey, Israel, Palestine, Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and crossed the Indus river into India. Having never lost a battle, Alexander was the only leader to ever consolidate rule over Greece and the Persian empire, something Greek invaders and Persian rulers had fought for centuries to achieve but never succeeded.

• Shortly after Alexander the great began his campaigns in the east, his uncle from his mother's side, King Alexander of Epirus, began a campaign to the west. He went to Italy to bring control to the warring Etruscan tribes. The success of this campaign was limited and short lived, as the King of Epirus was killed in an ambush on Italian soil.

Answer 2

I think you're thinking of Peter the Great.

Answer 3

i dont think so...never heard off it