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This list contains settlements established or re-established on the order of Alexander the Great himself, often in his presence and always before his death in 323 BC.It does not include any posthumous foundations or refoundations; nor does it include settlements which only claimed a relationship to the Macedonian king.
Pages in category "Cities founded by Alexander the Great" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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Alexander founded a series of new cities, all called Alexandria, including modern Kandahar in Afghanistan, and Alexandria Eschate ("The Furthest") in modern Tajikistan. The campaign took Alexander through Media , Parthia , Aria (West Afghanistan), Drangiana , Arachosia (South and Central Afghanistan), Bactria (North and Central Afghanistan ...
It was one of more than twenty cities founded or renamed by Alexander the Great. It was founded around 330 BC, on the foundations of an earlier Achaemenid fortress. [2] Arachosia is the Greek name of an ancient province of the Achaemenid, Seleucid and Parthian empires. The province of Arachosia was centered around the Argandab valley in Kandahar.
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This is a chronological summary of the expedition of Alexander the Great into Asia against the Persian Empire of king Darius III, with indication of the countries/places visited or simply crossed, including the most important battles/sieges and the cities founded (Alexandrias). The events of the expedition are shown in chronological order.
Alexander the Great For other uses of "Alexandria", see Alexandria (disambiguation) . Alexandria Carmania ( Greek : Αλεξάνδρεια η εν Καρμανία , Alexandreia hē en Karmania ) was one of the seventy-plus cities founded or renamed by Alexander the Great .