of the Corinthian League‚ to his conquests in the Eastern world‚ Alexander The Great was able to build one of the most immense empires the world has ever seen. The beginning of this vast empire occurred when Alexander took control of the throne of a small Greek city-state known as Macedonia. At it’s peak‚ the Macedonian empire stretched from Greece to Pakistan. An empire at this time was unheard of. Alexander’s youth was accountable for much the success of the Macedonian conquests. On July 20th
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Alexander the Great‚ or Alexander III of Macedonia‚ was the king of Macedonia from his father’s death in 336 BCE to his own death in 323 BCE. He is known for leading the Macedonian empire to be the largest western empire of the ancient world. Alexander expanded the empire to contain territory as far east as India‚ spreading more Greek culture with each conquest. In this context‚ the word great is used to describe a person who has achieved distinction and honor in a field. Alexander of Macedonia was
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In 15 years of fighting‚ Alexander the Great never lost a battle. Although he did some evil things because his personality and arrogance got the best of him‚ he made some good decisions for the sake of his empire. Alexander the Great was truly a great leader. He ruled his empire under some pretty good tactics and a great government. So‚ was he truly a great ruler? As the background information states‚ his parents were royalty‚ giving him special privileges. His parents made the decision to have
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Question Number Three: Who was Alexander the Great and why was he “Great”? Macedonia was a barbaric nation that thrived under King Philip’s reign. Located to the North of Greece‚ Macedonia was at a prime location for mass domination over Europe‚ but the prowess of the nation needed to be erected by a great and powerful ruler. This ruler would be Alexander‚ the son of King Philip‚ born in 356 BC. King Philip believed that Alexander was the son of a God‚ and that his presence was both human and divine
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Raeneisha Cole Spring ‘14 Empires In World History: Reading Response Week 15 As the end of the course is nearing‚ functionally and thematically it is not unexpected that the primary and secondary sources reviewed this week debate the prevalence of one of the world’s rather youngest empires‚ the United States of America. To begin‚ Niall Ferguson asserts that an empire encompasses “economic penetration‚ military projection and cultural influence” (Ferguson 1)‚ which at large‚ is agreed upon
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How did Xerxes deal wit the revolts in the Persian Empire? One of the great challenges faced by Xerxes during his time as ruler of the Persian Empire‚ was the method by which the revolts in both Egypt and Babylon would be dealt with. Essentially‚ he dealt with the revolts in two different ways; firstly using his military force to quickly and decisively quell the revolts; which were followed by either political or administrative reforms (or a combination of both). These methods reflected his ability
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numerous conquests‚ there were three events that were meaningful to his empire and legacy. His desire to fulfill his father’s wish to conquer the Persian Empire made the Battle of the Granicus River‚ the Battle if Issus and the Battle of Gaugamela keystone to his own empire. Alexander the Great was a superior military tactician and all three of these battles were strategically planned with a goal of destroying the Persian Empire and displayed his unmatched skill. In 334 B.C.‚ Alexander the Great
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The start of the Persian Wars is mostly due to Persia. The Persian Empire was very ambitious‚ and it became well-known for being the largest empire of its time‚ as it occupied the entire Middle East‚ parts of Egypt and Libya‚ and some areas around the Mediterranean. This ambition was what led the Persians into conflict with the Greeks‚ initially with the Greek cities on the Anatolian seacoast‚ after the conquest of Libya in 546 B.C.E. At first‚ the Greek cities allowed Persian rule‚ but in 499
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taxes‚ and gave their sons to be soldiers to the Persian army. This strategy worked because it raised the question‚ why wouldn’t you want to be a part of the empire? If Cyrus had not let the Jews return to their land and helped them rebuild their temple then‚ he was not fulfilling the “sense of freedom” that he had established in his empire to the Jews. One way Cyrus helped the Jews tremendously was that he generously funded the rebuilding of their temple. He stated in the
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The Persian civilization was an empire while the Greek civilization was city states Over 35 million people were ruled by the Persians. Their political system was built on top of the preexisting systems of Mesopotamia. The emperors of the Persian system were only approachable by high class people. The greeks were city states that had about 500 to 5‚000 people. The Greeks didn’t build their civilization upon civilizations that existed before them. The Greek’s ideology included equality for their citizens
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