Alexander the Great was born on 26 July 356 BC in Pella, Macedonia, Greece. His father was the king Philippos B' and his mother the queen Olympias. He was a descendant of Herakles (from his father) and of Achilles (from his mother). The Macedonian state was founded around 1000 BC by descendants of Herakles from Argos.
According to ancient writers, Alexander built more than 70 cities in his empire. However, most of them have not been found and they are probably lost for ever. The map presents the Macedonian Empire of Alexander and the geography of some of the cities that he built in relation to other prehistoric Greek colonies in Egypt and Asia.
Distances are in KMC (1 MC = 0.454 m). Dashed lines represent equal distances and thin lines straight lines between two or more cities.
Equal diastances
1. a = b, c = b, T
2. B = c, T, T' = 3000 KMC
3. b,d = B, e
4. e = f, h, m
5. g = f, h, s
6. m = e, q
7. h = k, p
8. q = m, h
Straight lines
1. a - b - e
2. a - c - T
3. m - n - q
4. r - s - t -q
5. c - B - g
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