Since his death in 323 BCE, the world has been obsessed with Alexander the Great, who set out from his kingdom of Macedon (in modern-day Greece) at the age of 20 to conquer the mighty Persian Empire .

The city of Iskenderun, also known as Alexandretta, in todays Turkey, was originally founded by Alexander the Great.

By the time he died, aged just 32, he had redrawn the map ... Alexander the Great, who set out from his kingdom of Macedon (in modern-day Greece) at the age of 20 to conquer the mighty Persian Empire.

At school, Sommer planned to specialize in sciences, but one day his history teacher showed pupils a map ... about Alexander but not Cyrus the Great, who founded the Achaemenid Empire in 550 ...

(CNN) — By the time he died, aged just 32, he had redrawn the map of the northern ... we talk about Alexander but not Cyrus the Great, who founded the Achaemenid Empire in 550 BCE: racism.