| 336 |
Alexander aged 18 succeeds his murdered father Philip of Macedon. |
| 334 |
Invasion of Asia begins. Battle of Granicus (May). Surrender of Sardis |
| 333 |
Alexander cuts Gordian Knot. Battle of Issus (Nov) Siege of Tyre |
| 332 |
Capture of Tyre. Gaza falls and is destroyed (Nov). |
| 332-331 |
Capture of Egypt. Alexander visits oracle of Amun at Siwa. |
| 331 |
Battle of Gaugamela (Oct). Alexander welcomed in Babylon. Surrender of Susa (Dec) |
| 330 |
Capture and burning of Persepolis (Jan). Capture of Ecbatana. Greek troops sent home. Murder of Darius III by Bessus, satrap of Bactria. |
| 330 - 329 |
Pursuit and capture of Bessus in Bactria. |
| 329 - 327 |
Alexander continues east. Macedonians begin to grumble. |
| 327 |
Alexander marries Roxana, daughter of Bactrian Oxyartes. |
| 327 - 325 |
Alexander moves through Khyber Pass into India. Fierce resistance. |
| 326 |
Battle onthe Hydarnes river. Alexander defeats Porus (July) who keeps his kingdom. Mutiny of Alexander's troops. |
| 326 - 325 |
Alexander fights his way down the Indus valley in Pakistan to the coast. |
| 325 |
Return to Persia - Nearchus by sea, Alexander by land. |
| 324 |
Alexander restores Cyrus' tomb at Pasargadae. Mass wedding at Susa. Death of Hephaistion. |
| 323 |
Alexander in Babylon. Plans for campaign in Persian Gulf. Death of Alexander (13 June 323) |
| 312 |
Seleucus I wins control of most of the Asian territory conquered by Alexander |
| 305 |
Seleucus gives up India and adjacent territories to the Maurya empire of Chandragupta |
| 250 |
Foundation of Greco-Bactrian regime in Bactria by Diodotus I |
| 247 |
Arsacids conquer Parthia |
| 206 |
Antiochus III temporarily restores Seleucid dominance in eastern Iran |
| c.200 - 150 |
Fall of Maurya dynasty in India allows the Bactrian Greeks to expand into Pakistan |
| c.150 |
Elymais and Persis become independent of Seleucid rule |
| 140 - 126 |
Parthians annex Mesopotamia and western Iran |
| c.130 |
Greco-Bactrian kingdom in Bactria conquered by Yuezhi: Greeks hold on in India until c.80 BC. |
