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=Alexander The Great the Battle in India=
 * note* I'm only doing this because I think I can finish faster by myself because I have to go to camp for the whole weekend and don't have any time to help..... sorry..... also Mishi was becoming to bossy.........

Who:
Alexander the great also known as **Alexander III**, was an Greek king of Macedon. Alexander was one of the most successful military commanders in history, and was undefeated in battle. Before his death, he conquered most of the world known to ancient Greece. Born in Pella, capital of Macedon, Alexander was the son of King Phillip II of Macedon and of his fourth wife Olympias, which was an Epirote princess. On his mother's side, he was a second cousin of Pyrrhus of Epirus, who would also go on to become a great general; so, there are notable examples of military heroes on both sides of Alexander's family (lucky him). [|Stateira of Persia] ||
 * ~ Reign || 336-323 BC ||
 * ~ Born || [|July 20], [|356 BC] ||
 * ~  || [|Pella], [|Macedon] ||
 * ~ Died || [|June 10], [|323 BC] (aged 32) ||
 * || [|Babylon] ||
 * ~ Person who came before || [|Philip II] ||
 * ~ Son || [|Alexander IV] ||
 * ~ Girlfriend || [|Roxana of Bactria]
 * ~ Issue || [|Alexander IV] ||
 * ~ Father || [|Philip II of Macedon] ||
 * ~ Mother || [|Olympias of Epirus] ||

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The battle of India was the last battle Alexander had before he came to Babylon and died. Alexander led his army into India to begin a new campaign of conquest.His first battle in India was against the Indian king Porus, whose huge army included more than 100 elephants, trained for battling. Even though Alexander's army was outnumbered, his plans, and roughness of his men, eventually won the battle against the Indian king.

When:
The war in India lasted from 326 BCE to 325 BCE.

Where:
Well the war in India was in India mostly at the river Hydaspes.

Why:
Alexander felt the basic to trim down the army that he had led through Persia to try the different climate and terrain that they would face. He wanted to conquer more land. Because he was bored.

How:
Alexander beat the Indian king Porus using his trusty steed Bucephalus and lots of weapons



Interesting Facts:
King Porus used elephants to fight instead of horses On the site of Alexander's victory over Porus, Alexander made two new cities called Nicaea( which means Victory) and Bucephala .The latter was named in honor of his faithful horse who died in the battle against Porus. This is Nicea

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Links:
http://www.richeast.org/htwm/Greeks/alex/alex.html http://wso.williams.edu/~junterek/india.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great http://www.ancientmacedonia.com/AlexandertheGreat.html