Who is Alexander the Great? Alexander was born on July 356 B.C. in Pella, Greece. Alexander died on June 10 or June 11 in 323 B.C. He died at the age of 32 in a palace called Nebuchadnezzar the 2nd in Babylon. This is Alexander the Great… Alexander conquered the Persian Empire, Egypt, Syria, Mesopotamia, and Bactria. In 334 B.C. Alexander attacked the Persians. Even tho Alexander and his army was outnumbered more by 2:1. But yet they still won the fight. And how did he control his empire? He used religion to control everything. And he trusted his empire and he fought beside them too. He also respected his empire. Alexander would honor his empire even if he was outnumbered. He still wanted to fight because be believed that they