Definition that contains alexander the great
- alexandria the chief port of Egypt; located on the western edge of the Nile delta on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Alexander the Great; the capital of ancient Egypt
- persia an empire in southern Asia created by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC and destroyed by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC
- aristotle one of the greatest of the ancient Athenian philosophers; pupil of Plato; teacher of Alexander the Great (384-322 BC)
- macedonia the ancient kingdom of Philip II and Alexander the Great in the southeastern Balkans that is now divided among modern Macedonia and Greece and Bulgaria
- thebes an ancient Greek city in Boeotia destroyed by Alexander the Great in 336 BC
- alexandrian of or relating to Alexander the Great or his empire
- issus a battle (333 BC) in which Alexander the Great defeated the Persians under Darius III
- macedon the ancient kingdom of Philip II and Alexander the Great in the southeastern Balkans that is now divided among modern Macedonia and Greece and Bulgaria
- antigonus cyclops a general of Alexander the Great and king of Macedonia; lost one eye; killed in a battle at Ipsus (382-301 BC)
- darius iii king of Persia who was defeated by Alexander the Great; his murder effectively ended the Persian Empire (died in 330 BC)