You’re trotting through a field, it's been 10 long years of battling and hard work. As soon as your turning back your leader Alexander the Great dies. Alexander was born into a leadership family. He was born in 356 BCE, in a kingdom of northern Greece, Macedonia. While Alexander was younger his father King Philip, built the Macedonian empire stronger than before. King Philip conquered Greek city-states and planned to fight the strongest empire, the Persian Empire. At age 20 his father King Philip was tragically assassinated, which left him to take the rule and finish what his father started. The Persian Empire was the strongest in the world, which gave Alexander the motivation to fight. He pushed through Persian controlled land, across Asia
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Alexander and Porus we on each side of the river with both having troops. “When Alexander saw this he [decided to] move his troops in all different directions so that Porus would be puzzled” (Doc.B). This explains all of his smart tactics to make Porus think he was going to cross the river and force troops to fight. This also made Porus eventually stopped moving and during a thunderstorm, Alexander crossed the river. Porus made his army hide in a field and attack. Porus had elephants which went crazy and trampled over everyone. Alexander forced his army to circle them making them retreat and run, resulting in them winning and allowed Porus to keep power.“Alexander with a word of thanks for the gift, took the helmet and, in full view of his troops, poured the water on the ground” (Doc.D). This is telling the story that his army was traveling and it was a hard stretch in between cities. The entire army was thirsty and was hoping for water, when Alexander had gotten some he poured it on the ground. This says that Alexander cared about his army and was just like them with no higher …show more content…
One thing was his determination to conquer the world and didn't give up. He took the Macedonian empire from nothing to something and started to fight. “Alexander then threw his cavalry into a circle around the entire force and ordered the infantry to lock shields, to group tightly and to advance as a phalanx” (Doc.B). Alexander's father King Philip made a phalanx which is when soldiers lock shields and have long spears around then to attack. Like father like son, Alexander used this tactic to defeat Porus’s army and send them running. The main thing he did that entered his name as a leader was his spreading of the Macedonian Empire.”Alexander crossed Macedonia to Asia with an army of about 40,000” (Doc.A). He traveled over 5,500 miles and conquered many cities. He even made his own cities to restore the greek culture and spread Greek
Alexander and Porus we on each side of the river with both having troops. “When Alexander saw this he [decided to] move his troops in all different directions so that Porus would be puzzled” (Doc.B). This explains all of his smart tactics to make Porus think he was going to cross the river and force troops to fight. This also made Porus eventually stopped moving and during a thunderstorm, Alexander crossed the river. Porus made his army hide in a field and attack. Porus had elephants which went crazy and trampled over everyone. Alexander forced his army to circle them making them retreat and run, resulting in them winning and allowed Porus to keep power.“Alexander with a word of thanks for the gift, took the helmet and, in full view of his troops, poured the water on the ground” (Doc.D). This is telling the story that his army was traveling and it was a hard stretch in between cities. The entire army was thirsty and was hoping for water, when Alexander had gotten some he poured it on the ground. This says that Alexander cared about his army and was just like them with no higher …show more content…
One thing was his determination to conquer the world and didn't give up. He took the Macedonian empire from nothing to something and started to fight. “Alexander then threw his cavalry into a circle around the entire force and ordered the infantry to lock shields, to group tightly and to advance as a phalanx” (Doc.B). Alexander's father King Philip made a phalanx which is when soldiers lock shields and have long spears around then to attack. Like father like son, Alexander used this tactic to defeat Porus’s army and send them running. The main thing he did that entered his name as a leader was his spreading of the Macedonian Empire.”Alexander crossed Macedonia to Asia with an army of about 40,000” (Doc.A). He traveled over 5,500 miles and conquered many cities. He even made his own cities to restore the greek culture and spread Greek