Death of Alexander the Great
The conqueror leaves no heir; his generals carve up his world
Alexander died in Babylon aged 32, leaving no capable heir. His generals, the Diadochi, carved up the empire into Hellenistic kingdoms — Ptolemaic, Seleucid, Antigonid — spreading Greek language and culture across the region.
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Did you know
India's Maurya Empire arose about a year after Alexander the Great died — and its founder, Chandragupta, is said to have met Alexander himself.
Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Africa
- 331 BC Founding of Alexandria — 8 years earlier
Asia
- c. 322 BC Founding of the Maurya Empire — 1 year later
Americas
- c. 300 BC Maya script — 23 years later
Alive at the time
- Aristotle (aged 61)
- Alexander the Great (aged 33)
- Mencius (aged 49)
- Chandragupta Maurya (aged 17)
- Euclid (aged 2)
- Olympias (aged 52)
- Zhuangzi (aged 46)
- Ptolemy I Soter (aged 44)
- Pytheas (aged 27)
- Qu Yuan (aged 17)