Alexander the Great was a man of great honor‚ military leadership‚ and excellent battle tactics. Alexander the Great was the father of mergers. In less than 10 years‚ Alexander became ruler of half the known world. He managed to get a hold of his empire together by not using physical force. He was known to take action‚ but only if necessary. When Alexander captured Persian territories they were not told to fall in line‚ but instead‚ were encouraged to retain their local administrative structure and
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Alexander lied‚cheated‚frightened‚and killed in his time of rule‚if he did all of these things why is he called Alexander the Great? Alexander killed millions of innocent people he also made millions of people scared of him‚“In 327 BCE‚ with the Persian Empire firmly under his control‚ Alexander turned his attention to India. He had some victories before reaching the Ganges river‚ which he intended to cross in order to conquer more of India”. Alexander is a cheater and a liar‚ “Alexander cheated The Gordian
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Day of Empire Essay In Day Of Empire‚ Amy Chua throughout the book explains the rises and falls of the most powerful hyper powers‚ large empires being able to maintain large areas while being stable in history. Her thesis of the book states tolerance was the rise and fall of the first empires in history. Where tolerance is the cause and decline of an empire. The empires had tolerance‚ Chua explains in her book that tolerance is the freedom of the people to do as they please and coexist with each
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Empire Alexander the Great and His Empire William the Conqueror’s early life was filled with threats and wars. William’s early life must be studied in order to understand these events. William was born in Falaise‚ Normandy in 1028 from Robert I of Normandy and Arlette. Unfortunately‚ these two were not married and William became their illegitimate son. William had another nickname during his life‚ William the Bastard. (http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page18.asp) After giving birth to William
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Conquests of Alexander the Great At the age of 20‚ Alexander III became the king of Macedonia when his father Philip was assassinated. Before he could begin his now famous campaign to conquer Persia‚ he had to take control of Illyria‚ Greece‚ and the Thracian tribes. Once his control of the region was in place he began hi campaign to conquer Persia. Alexander had amassed a large military force that included some 48‚000 soldiers‚ 6‚000 cavalry‚ and a naval force that consisted of 120 ships
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Xerxes Debate – Prosecution Building Programs * Economic decline was related to his excessive building programs. * Even though his building programs were impressive he neglected other parts of the empire. * Olmstead: “Xerxes was more interested in completing the magnificent structures begun by his father than he was in testing the formidable military machine.” * Josef Wieshofer: Persepolis was one of his “favourite past times”‚ was “hardly independent” of Darius’ style‚ was an
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Alexander the Great was‚ as the name entails‚ great in some ways. In other ways though‚ he was not so great. How great was Alexander? Alexander was great in many ways. He was an excellent strategist‚ and was able to conquer almost anything he set out for. He usually was merciful as well‚ and honored all cultures and religions. He tried to learn about hinduism from the Brahmin in India. When he conquered Persia‚ he still let some Persians rule‚ as long as they answered to him. In India‚ whenever
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The Greatest of All Art of the Hellenistic period is characterized by highly expressive portraiture in various medias. This is seen in several superb depictions of the youthful Alexander in the form of marble busts‚ bronze statuettes‚ coins‚ and medals. Alexander (356 323 B.C.) the Third of Macedon‚ also known as Alexander the Great‚ was a celebrated king of the antiquated Greek kingdom of Macedon. Alexander remains one of the most compelling and exciting personalities of classical times
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conquering of Asia. Book Two of The Campaigns of Alexander goes over Alexander’s continued war with Persia and his further conquest. Book Two starts with Alexander continuing his campaign to conquer Asia. While he is way at Gordion‚ the Persian empire led by the newly appointed King Darius after the death of King Memnon is preparing to engage against Alexander and his forces in an effort shift the war in favor of the Persians. Oblivious to King Darius and the Persian armies and navy buildup‚ Alexander
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Alexander the great was hailed by many historians as one of the greatest kings of his time. Because of his greatness he earned the title of alexander the great. I believe‚ that with all of the things that Alexander did for the Greek empire‚ he definitely deserves this title. He was able to acquire much more land‚ he stopped the largest rebellion in greek history‚ and‚ under his rule‚ great cities were created that mixed many cultures to create great cities. Based upon all of the gathered evidence
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