Name: Maddie Swart Hour: 3 Alexander the Great Alexander The Great is a person that interests numerous historians. Alexander was born in Macedonia in the year 356 BCE and died in 323 BCE. Alexander wanted to conquer the world, and he started with the Middle East and Asia. Alexander led an army of about 40,000 troops across the land.…
Soon after his father's death, alexander took his fathers thrown and was in power and control. He used this opportunity to successfully conquer the Persian empire. he had a very powerful army, and he was known to be a genius for the military force. Alexander also succeeded to colonize the city of tyre.…
Was Alexander the Great all that great? Alexander was a Greek born in 356 B.C in a city located in Northern Greece in a Kingdom named Macedonia. His father, King Philip of Macedonia, was the king of this kingdom where Alexander was born. Alexander inherited the throne when his father was assassinated while Alexander was 20 years old. Alexander the Great does deserve to be a great.…
Alexander was nothing short of an astounding leader. He led his army from Macedonia to Asia, founding many towns and conquering many battles (Document A), and as shown in Document E, the chart shows how great of a leader Alexander was, and how impactful he was throughout his leadership position. It also shows how even hundreds of years after his death, people still took inspiration and honored him for the things he accomplished. To sum up, Alexander was such a spectacular leader, that we remember him today mostly for the fact of his impeccable leadership skills. In addition to this, at the age of 20, Alexander's father passed away and the kingdom was passed down to him.…
Alexander of Macedon: A Great Leader Being the first person to conquer the Egyptian, Greek, and Persian empires in just over a decade was no walk in the park, and neither was integrating a culture into all of those empires nor attempting to unite them all. Alexander of Macedon was this man: he conquered the greatest empires, spread the Greek influence, and lead in a unique way with his inspiring character that he is famous for. Although he was not the ideal leader such as Plato’s idea of a philosopher-king, he was an ethical man who wanted his people content. His well-known title, “Alexander the Great,” was very appropriate for him: his fine character and social goals, his unique political leadership and strategic conquering, and his economic…
Alexander the Great was not truly great because he was an inhumane leader and his empire quickly collapsed after he died. Alexander wasn’t truly great because he was inhumane to other people and seemed like a bad general, “Ferocious manhunt…30,000 in number, he sold into slavery. Two thousand men of military age were crucified”(Doc C). He obtained 2,000,000 square miles and founded 70 cities(Doc E). However, in nearly every city, Alexander would sell most of the people into slavery and kill the remaining of the people.…
Once Alexander III of Macedonia’s father died, he inherited his throne and took over his empire at the age of twenty. Following in his father’s footsteps, he controlled a vast area of land, from Greece to Egypt extending to the Hindu Kush Mountains. Alexander did conquer over 3,000 miles of land, which is absurd, but his ruthless and sadistic manner doesn’t deserve the honoring title of “great”. Alexander was so power hungry, that his actions became deadly. He would pilfer every town and eradicate any obstacle in his quest for victory.…
“There is nothing impossible to him who will try.” Alexander the Great (Great). Alexander the Great was an ancient Greek conqueror who created one of the largest empires known to mankind. Taking a stand in history is when a person, group of people, or an idea attempts to overcome a problem regardless of opposition. A prime example of someone who took a stand is Alexander the Great.…
Alexander the Great was a significant historical figure who was as great a commander as his name suggests. Whether it be his two million square miles of conquered land, or his contribution to science through his expeditions, he certainly was one of the most important people of his time. In fact, Alexander the Great had such a lasting effect, the era after him was named “The Hellenistic Period”, from Hellas, which is the word for Greece. Alexander the Great was a fearsome figure of the ancient times, who had conquered Egypt, Central Asia, and had even beat Persia’s army. Historical evidence suggests that Darius III, the then king of Persia, had set the battlefield to his favor.…
Alexander achieved more noteworthy deeds than, not just of the rulers who had lived before him additionally of the individuals who were to come later down to our time .Alexander the Great was conceived at Pella Macedonia in 356 B.C.E. He spent his adolescence years watching his dad changing Macedonia into an extraordinary military force. His Father was King Phillip and his mom was Olympias. His mom was the rulers of neighboring Epirus.…
No other commander has come close to equalling Alexander’s conquests. Although Alexander ruled an expansive empire by the time he was 25 years old, he had higher ambitions. When he died at age 32, Alexander's empire was the most extensive state of its time, covering approximately 5.2 million square km. Alexander’s most immediate legacy was the introduction of Macedonian rule to large areas of Asia.…
Alexander the great was a great war leader who took over lands from Egypt to India, conquering the persian empire by the age of 30. I will show you how alexander the great was great through different bits of evidence. The evidence that I am using is from the legend of the helmet and headband, Alexander’s legacy, and the conquering of tyre. This evidence is from the legend of the helmet and the legend of the headband.…
Alexander the Great is considered the Greatest, because he has never been defeated in a battle. Alexander is still considered one of the most successful military leaders in history. Even though Alexander the Great is a legend, he still has ton of accomplishments and the impact after his death. When Alexanders father was assassinated during the invasion on the Persian empire that’s when he became king Alexander. Further more into the next paragraph we will be talking about how Alexander made all of those accomplishments, There are so many things that Alexander the Great has accomplished and one of them is when Alexander was the king of Macedonia and how he conquered an empire that was from Balkans to modern–Pakistan.…
I believe that Alexander the Great meant he would rather have an army of lions lead by sheep because although a lion is ferocious by nature, if it is following a sheep which is not ferocious by nature the sheep will not command the lions to act like ferocious beasts. However, a lion would order a sheep to battle and the sheep would obey. I agree with what Alexander the great said because if a lion charged into battle the sheep would follow his orders and…
The world has seen many conquerors in its days, with many today remembered for either their disastrous or wondrous reigns. Named the world’s greatest conqueror, Alexander the Great of Macedonia, like his name suggests, was great in several respects, all contributing to his success in dominating the known world. Some may even call him a hero. Hero, by dictionary definition, is “a person who is admired for great or brave acts or fine qualities.” (Merriam - Webster Online Dictionary).…