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| | | | Conquest and Colonization |
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| 359 BC |
| | | Philip II succeds his father Amyntas III on the throne of Macedonia, the northernmost kingdom of Greece | |
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| 335 BC |
| | | Before departing for the east, Alexander destroys Thebes and enslaves the Thebans for rebelling against the League of Corinth | |
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| 332 BC |
| | | Alexander the Great's army arrives in Egypt and the Persian governor of the province rapidly surrenders | |
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| 332 BC |
| | | In Memphis Alexander sacrifices to Apis, a sacred bull, and is crowned pharaoh by the priests | |
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| 332 BC |
| | | While in Egypt, Alexander founds Alexandria – the best known of the many towns he establishes to spread Greek culture | |
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| 330 BC |
| | | Alexander adopts the ceremonial dress and court rituals of of his new Persian empire | |
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| 330 BC |
| | | Alexander begins two years moving with his army through his vast new territories, establishing Greek settlements | |
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| 327 BC |
| | | Alexander marries Roxana after subduing the territories of her father, a Bactrian chief in the modern region of Aghanistan | |
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| 327 BC |
| | | Alexander takes a major new step, leaving Persian territory and moving through the mountain passes into India | |
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| 324 BC |
| | | Back in Persia, to emphasize that Greece and Persia are now one, Alexander marries eighty of his senior officers to Persian wives | |
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