Alexander the Great Alexander the Great‚ Alexander III of Macedon‚ King of Macedonia‚ was born in July 356 BC in Pella‚ Macedonia. He was one of the greatest military geniuses in history. His father‚ Philip II of Macedon‚ was a brilliant ruler and strategist. His mother was Olympias‚ princess of Epirus‚ daughter of King Neoptolemus. Arixstandros Telmisy‚ a renowned dream interpreter‚ determined that Olympias was pregnant‚ and that the child would have the character of a lion. Even as a young
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Compare and contrast Alexander II and Alexander III Although they were father and son‚ the reigns of Alexander II and Alexander III took off in completely different directions. Alexander II was committed to his empire by vowing to reform Russia‚ making it more in line with nineteenth-century western society. His son‚ on the other hand‚ was the unprepared tsar‚ whose actions were literally reactions to his father’s unexpected assassination. Consequently‚ Alexander II went down in history as much
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AS History Homework Determined to preserve the Autocracy‚ in what ways did Alexander III in fact lay the foundations for its destruction? Alexander III struggled to keep his large multi-ethnic empire together‚ as a major change within Russia was expected of him after his late father Alexander II begun some reforms. He needed to maintain the complete power over Russia in order to preserve autocracy‚ while facing pressure from some of his advisers to reform the empire to make it more democratic
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achieve greatness‚ and others have greatness thrust upon them. In many ways‚ Alexander III of Macedon falls into all three of those categories”. Alexander was one of the best generals known to man‚ winning his first battle at 16 years old. Alexander Hellenized the Eastern world forever changing society. His legacy has lasted several thousand years. What is the most amazing thing is that he lived a short life-dying at 33! Alexander the Great was a brilliant military leader. He brought a new way of fighting
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Alexander I Alexander I of Russia was born December 23‚ 1777 and died December 1‚ 1825. He served as Emperor of Russia from 23 March 1801 to 1 December 1825 and Ruler of Poland from 1815 to 1825‚ as well as the first Grand Duke of Finland. Soon after his birth on December 23‚ 1777‚ Alexander was taken from his father‚ Paul I of Russia‚ by his grandmother‚ Catherine the Great‚ who greatly disliked Paul and did not want him to have any influence on the education of Alex. Both sides
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What problems did Russia have during the reign of Alexander III? Alexander III inherited many problems in 1881 following his father’s death. Alexander III was known to have been extremely conservative and reversed many of the reforms and liberal measures of which his father (Alexander II) had begun before his death. Alexander III returned conservatism in Russia and despite Russia’s attempts of becoming a modern European state by the 1870s Many amongst the educated classes felt that the emancipation
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How successful were the reactionary policies of Tsar Alexander III? Tsar Alexander’s reign (1881-1894) has been known as a period of extreme repression. He turned his back on reform all together and instituted a series of predictable repressive measures that collectively known as “The Reaction”. There were numerous reactionary policies brought in by the new and unexpected Tsar‚ one of which was known as Russification. This particular policy was brought in in 1881 at the very beginning of the Tsar’s
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Alexander III of Macedon‚ known as Alexander the Great (born 356BCE)‚ was the son of King Philip II of Macedon. When his father died in 336 BCE‚ Alexander would take the throne and start his brilliant conquest of the known world. He is remembered to this day both for his military genius/battle tactics and the way he handled the people he conquered. He is also recognized for his tremendous role in spreading Greek culture and ways of life throughout the world creating what historians call the “Hellenistic
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Improvements in green To what extent did Alexander III reverse the reforms of his predecessor Alexander II? In many respects‚ there is no doubt that Alexander III was the most effective Tsar in such the short reign that he had. He was referred to as a reactionary‚ unlike his father Alexander II who was known as a reformer. He managed to please the people with his Russian figure and attitude‚ he changed their attitude and he made tsarism look all the better‚ all in a short period of time. Despite
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The Life of Alexander III the Great Alexander III the Great is believed to be the greatest military genius to have ever lived He rose to be the King of Macedonia‚ and managed to conquer the great Persian Empire; something his predecessor could not accomplish. The list of the tasks Alexander accomplished goes on and on‚ but they did not all happen at once. The question most ask is… why was Alexander always known to be so great? Based on detailed research‚ it seems in fact that since birth‚
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