Alexander in Central Asia The Persian king was no longer in control of his destiny‚ having been taken prisoner by Bessus‚ his Bactrian satrap and kinsman. As Alexander approached‚ Bessus had his men fatally stab the Great King and then declared himself Darius’ successor as Artaxerxes V‚ before retreating into Central Asia to launch a guerrilla campaign against Alexander. Darius’ remains were buried by Alexander next to his Achaemenid predecessors in a full regal funeral
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The Hero: Alexander the Great In the month of October the great King of Macedonia‚ Alexander the Great‚ was born. He was the son of Philip II‚ who is considered as an excellent general of Macedonia‚ and princess Olympias of Epirus. He inherited the best qualities and character of both of his parents. His father possessed strong and determined abilities of a real general and his mother was unreliable and out of control. Throughout his childhood‚ most of his friends were women. Lanice‚ who is a nurse
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Alexander The Great Personal Characteristics: Alexander the Great believed that it was his destiny to rule and unite the known world. Alexander the Greats mother had high hopes for her son and encouraged him to seek out and become great. Alexander the Greats most influential role model was his father who Alexander tried to outdo every time‚ this eventually lead to his reckless personality and brash behavior. Alexander the Great had a taste for wine and woman‚ he is considered bisexual and at banquets
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2. Inherited Army Alexander is renowned as both a warrior and a military commander‚ and the early actions of his campaign demonstrated Macedonian military superiority over the Persians. At the battles of Granicus (334) and Issus (333) Alexander faced sequentially larger Persian armies before eventually routing them at the battle of Gaugamela (330)‚ forcing Darius to flee his empire‚ abdicating the throne by default. At Gaugamela‚ Alexander was greatly outnumbered‚ with Arrian—who provides the most
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Alexander lll of Macedon (aka) Alexander The Great‚ was born july 356 b.c in pella Greece. He was the son of philip ll of macedon and opympas. His father philip ll hardly came around because he elaborated in different military campaigns‚ and his mother opympas was a ruler who was known for being ambitious and violent. At sixteen years old he gets handed down the throne because of his dad’s passing. He was thought out to be the most intelligent and yet the greatest military official. Growing up
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All throughout school teachers have taught students that Alexander The Great was indeed great but‚ is this really true? He did conquer much land and spread greek culture throughout Europe but not many people know what he did to his men in order to do this. One way that he torched his men to get what he wants is in Document D when the man went through all that work to get him his hat back after it falling into the water than killed him. He did this because in order to get the hat back without getting
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Alexander Hamilton is with us every day‚ in our wallets‚ on the $10 bill. But he is with us in another sense‚ for more than any other Founder‚ he foresaw the America we live in now. Alexander Hamilton shaped the financial‚ political‚ and legal systems of the young United States. His ideas on racial equality and economic diversity were so far ahead of their time that it took America decades to catch up with them. He made the early republic work‚ and set the agenda for its future. We live in the world
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great‚ or created controversy and division‚ included Darius I of Persia‚ Alexander the Great of Greece‚ and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. These three individuals helped drastically develop their nations
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Sir Alexander Fleming‚ FRSE‚ FRS‚ FRCS(Eng) (6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955) was a Scottish biologist‚ pharmacologist and botanist. He wrote many articles on bacteriology‚ immunology‚ and chemotherapy. His best-known discoveries are the enzyme lysozyme in 1923 and the antibiotic substance penicillin from the mould Penicillium notatum in 1928‚ for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain.[1] In 1999‚ Time magazine named Fleming one
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