Philip II of Macedon

Great Amount of Improvement F: Fail Leadership Grade: A Notes/Comments: For one to conquer as much land as Alexander has been able to do, one must show an incredible amount of leadership. Seeing as Alexander grew up watching his father, Phillip II, King of Macedonia, be able to transform Macedonia into a forceful and great military empire, there is no doubt that his father taught alexander a few things. As well as his father, Alexander’s tutor, Greek philosopher Aristotle, gave Alexander…

Murdered at his daughter’s wedding in 336 B.C., the success of King Philip II of Macedonia was cut short at an inopportune time: just before his invasion of Persia. In accordance with Philip’s expectations, his son Alexander III inherited the Macedonian throne without much opposition, something uncommon for the time period. After securing the throne from pretenders and the nation from enemies, Alexander carried out his father’s plans to invade Persia, which had “dominated the whole world from…

Pericles denied the request and in 431 B.C. started one of the largest civil war that had occurred at that point in time. The conflict started between Athens and Sparta when Sparta’s ally Corinth pushed for Spartan king Archidamus II to invade Attica near Athens. Pericles decided that a strategy to use naval forces and evacuating the Attic countryside and prevent the Spartan armies from fighting. The Spartan army was very well trained and better equipped than the Athenians; however…

Building an Empire Building an empire is a difficult task for anybody, but maintaining one is much more challenging, it requires ambition, strength, power and much more. Alexander is a great example . When he became king at the age of 20, he was very well trained and prepared for his role as king. He was ambitious and had a mindset of a conqueror. As a child, he was trained to ride horses, use weapons, and command troops which benefited him greatly in his adult life as a king . For 13…

From what I’ve heard about Alexander the amazing story of how he is great. The journey he goes through and the danger and monstrosity. He made an army of hardened warriors and made formations known as phalanxes. He also made machines that destroy walls and other formations that were unstoppable. Alexander son of Macedonia was a powerful person who was invincible because of Artemis the goddess of child birth. Chose to stay with alexander rather that to protect her shrine. After years came…

Selim I expanded the Empire towards the Middle East and other Muslim countries. His biggest accomplishment was defeating the Mamluks (Egyptian soldiers whose corps were composed mainly of slaves from different countries and cultures) and conquering the Egyptian Empire, making the great empire theirs. At that time, the Ottoman Empire was ruling over all, or very close to all, of the Muslim world. Prior to this achievement, he had also been greatly victorious, conquering the Safavids, after years…

Alexander the Great was a great conqueror. He united the greek city states and took over the Egyptians. Then he moved on and took over the large Persian empire. Even with all of these accomplishments, people argue over if he deserve the title “great”? I think that he does. I think that Alexander the Great deserves his title because he conquered vast empires and then managed to keep them together for his life time. One of the first accomplishments of Alexander was uniting the greeks. He had to…

Traveller As talented and skilled Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson were in combat, their horses played a huge role in helping them both on and off of the battlefield. The courage, stamina, and calm dispositions of Little Sorrel and Traveller set them apart from other horses and created their legacies. They exhibited bravery even while surrounded by explosions and gunfire. Often seen as “the Civil War’s most famous horse”, Traveller’s success was predicted before he was even born.…

Alexander was truly great and changed the course of history because he was the one of the most successful military commanders of all time, united and area of over 2 million square miles, and saw what was possible and set out to achieve it. this is for commenting purposes Alexander changed the course of history because he was one of the most successful military commanders of all time. He used and unbeatable military formation, called a phalanx, which is a row of soldiers standing shoulder to…

Alexander the Great was King of Macedonia from 336 to 323 B.C. During his leadership he united Greece, conquered the Persian Empire and spread culture throughout his empire. Alexander’s father, Philip II started the unification of Greece. When Alexander took the throne he continued what his father started. The treaty of Corinth was the main reason for Greece uniting. The treaty made the King of Macedonia leader of all Greeks except Spartans. He had to defeat the Thebes to make an example of…