Alexander the Great quiz: How well do you know the famous king and conqueror from the ancient world?

Statue of Alexander the Great in Thessaloniki, Makedonia, Greece — How well do you know Alexander the Great, the famous king who conquered a vast empire in just 13 years? (Image credit: papadimitriou/Getty Images)

Alexander the Great is one of the most famous generals of the ancient world. By the age of 32 he had conquered a massive empire that stretched from the Balkans to modern-day Pakistan.

We know about Alexander through many historical texts, including those from the Greek historians Plutarch and Diodorus of Sicily. But Alexander and his forces also left behind a trove of artifacts and clues about their lives in the places they founded, such as Alexandria in Egypt, and the places they conquered and destroyed, such as Persepolis, ancient Persia's capital in what is now Iran.

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Laura is the managing editor at Live Science. She also runs the archaeology section and the Life's Little Mysteries series. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Scholastic, Popular Science and Spectrum, a site on autism research. She has won multiple awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association for her reporting at a weekly newspaper near Seattle. Laura holds a bachelor's degree in English literature and psychology from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in science writing from NYU.

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