Whom did Alexander marry in 327 BC in Sogdiana?

Roxane, daughter of the tribal chief Oxyartes

In what year and city did Alexander the Great die?

323 BC in the city of Babylon

What specific Persian custom involved 'blowing a kiss' or ritual bowing to the king?

Proskynesis

Which official historian was implicated in the 'Pages' Conspiracy' and later died in prison?

Callisthenes

At which river did Alexander's army mutiny in 326 BC, refusing to march further into India?

The Hyphasis

Who was the Indian leader who provided fierce resistance using war elephants at the Hydaspes?

King Porus

What engineering feat did Alexander order to capture the Aornus Rock in India?

Building a bridge or mound across a deep ravine to bring siege engines into range

Where was the mass marriage ceremony held in 324 BC to unite Macedonian and Persian elites?

Susa

What was the term for the 30,000 young Persians trained and armed in the Macedonian fashion?

The Epigonoi

Which location was the site of a 328 BC drunken argument that ended in Alexander killing Cleitus the Black?

Sogdiana, in modern-day Uzbekistan

What disaster struck Alexander's army during the march through the Gedrosian Desert?

Horrific losses of soldiers and camp followers due to heat, hunger, and a flash flood

Which companion's death in 324 BC led Alexander to compare his own grief to that of Achilles?

Hephaestion

What was Alexander's reported final answer when his companions asked to whom he left his kingdom?

'To the strongest'

Who was the Macedonian regent that became a primary suspect in later poisoning conspiracy theories?

Antipater

Which archaeological source commemorates Alexander's Indian campaign with an image of him in an elephant scalp headdress?

A silver tetradrachm minted by Ptolemy I

Why did the Macedonian army mutiny at Opis?

Resentment over being decommissioned and the arrival of the Persian Epigonoi

Which hero did the Indians claim had failed to capture the Aornus Rock before Alexander succeeded?

Heracles

Which set of sources did Plutarch and Arrian reportedly use to document Alexander's final days?

The 'court journals' or daily logs

What title did the mutinous Bessus adopt after the murder of Darius III?

Artaxerxes V

What was the primary motive given by Arrian for Alexander adopting Persian court customs?

To assimilate with his new subjects and manage the empire effectively