Alexander’s campaign, the Seleucids and Greco-Bactria
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Make a chronological table of Alexander’s campaign in Central Asia.
330 — Darius III; 329 — Amu Darya, Maracanda, Alexandria Eschate; 328 — Spitamenes killed; 327 — marriage to Roxana.
2
Write a short story of 4–5 sentences about Spitamenes.
A Sogdian leader who, with Bactrians and Sakas, besieged Maracanda, ambushed at the Polytimetus and died in 328.
3
Into which parts did Alexander’s state split and which part included Central Asia?
Macedonia, Egypt, Syria; Central Asia was part of the Seleucid (Syrian) state.
4
Find Bactra, Merv and Termez on a map and write which regions they are in.
Bactra — in Bactria (northern Afghanistan today); Merv — in Margiana (Turkmenistan); Termez — in Surkhandarya.