How Great Really Was Alexander The Grea

The question is, how great was Alexander the great? If I were asked that question I’d say that Alexander was pretty great. Take the spread of cultural diffusion, if it weren’t for Greece’s culture of plays and acting there wouldn’t be any type of movies, shows, and plays. Don’t forget about Alexander’s great inspirational leadership, inspired many people to continue his legacy years later after his death. Finally, Alexander was a great military leader. He did all things possible in order to build a strong army, determined to do absolutely everything possible to conquer his empire.
First off lets take a look at Alexander’s empire. Alexander managed to obtain land like never before. He also won most of the battles all throughout his empire, which can be seen on document a. He managed to cover thousands of miles across the country, never giving up and always doing his best in order to succeed. Taking a bit of Greece’s culture and spreading it place to place as he traveled through the country. As you can see on Alexander’s empire, he managed to own a small piece of land for every country he managed to cover. He never lost a battle, although times of hardship came. Managing many people and soldiers in order to go on and fight each battle.
Secondly, Alexander was a very smart man when it came to tactics. Doing whatever it took to continue his journey he never failed. One very curious and clever tactic was thought of by Alexander himself was the night he pitched camp on the bank of Hydaspes. That night, Alexander realized that he couldn’t cross at the point where Porus was encamped according to document b. Alexander decided to move his troops in all different directions so that Porus would keep puzzled. At night, Alexander would take most of his cavalry to various points among riverbanks where he created a clamour, raised the war cry and produced all sorts of sounds. This led the elephants towards the shooting. His tactic went on for quite a while until finally Porus no