Alexander The Great’s Struggles Alexander the Great was most likely the greatest leader ever. His tactics and reasoning are still studied all over the world even after 2‚000 years ago. Being a teenager from a divorced family and forced to rule at such a young age intensely impacted Alexander’s Life. According to records‚ he was said to be a heavy drinker and because of his mother’s excessive praise‚ believed himself to be a god. His loyalty‚ ego‚ and ambitions are a few of
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Alexander governs his administration using techniques of Macedonian and Persian’s. The Persian satrap in Asia enabled Alexander to govern a large amount of territory. In India‚ he replaced hostile rulers with rulers loyal to him and increased their territory. He used the Macedonia practice of founding cities to encourage loyalty with the natives. While he allowed the Persians and Indians to move up in his administration‚ he primarily used Macedonians. Alexander took the throne of Macedonia after
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Crow written by Michelle Alexander‚ Alexander reminds us of the retrospect of what we once knew‚ the grating truth hidden behind the land of freedom‚ racial prejudice towards the colored. Although today‚ America guarantees liberal rights to every individual of color. Alexander argues that the cateism still lingers beyond the lines of our society. Michelle supports her argument through the rebirth of the Old Jim Crow‚ War on Drugs and the racial caste system. Alexander believes that colored people
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buildings‚ or laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of arms. In the story “The Man Who Was Almost a Man” is about a boy named Dave‚ who trying to overcome the struggles of life with numerous hurdles to become an established adult. While working for a man who bullies and ridicule him‚ Dave believes that purchasing a gun will end his adolescence and transform him into a real man. While having the
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In 323 BC‚ Alexander the Great‚ king of Macedonia‚ son of Philip II and Olympias (i)‚ controlled a dominion that covered an area from Egypt to the Caspian Sea and the Balkans to the Himalayas. He is considered one of the most efficient as well as bright soldiers and rulers in ancient history‚ he had marched a poorly armed and meager European army on a campaign of over 20‚000 miles to capture and control the high and mighty Persian Empire. The Persians had range over a territory including all of
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Zach Hernandez Alexander the Great When observing the qualities of a person‚ usually what are taken in account are that person’s actions. Alexander the Great‚ possibly one of the greatest war generals/kings of all time‚ was a gifted young man for his tactical strategies for battle. Through his victories and successes‚ he conquered a majority of the world. Plutarch writes a biography on Alexander‚ in which he includes his own views‚ which may or may not agree with other historians (though Plutarch’s
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On July 20th‚ 356 B.C. Alexander the Great was born in the region of Pella in Macedonia. Alexander’s parents were the king and queen of Macedonia‚ King Philip || and Queen Olympia. King Philip || was mostly involved in the military‚ so Alexander rarely got to see his father. Alexander received an education from Leonidas‚ Lysimachus‚ and Aristotle. King Philip || died when Alexander was 19 years old‚ and Alexander wanted to take the throne. Even though Alexander was the feudal king of Macedonia‚ Olympia
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Alexander the Great was not great for many reasons although‚ his title may suggest otherwise. At the age of 20‚ Alexander plotted to kill his father and his half brother to claim the throne of Macedonia and Greece. Once he took over‚ he destroyed the uprising in Thebes but‚ in the process‚ he slaughtered the citizens of Thebes. Slaughtering the citizens of his conquered cities was a common theme for Alexander III as he invaded Persia as well. In order to gain access to his throne‚ Alexander
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men who stood out most‚ for good and for bad. One was Alexander Hamilton‚ a well known congressmen who displays many great traits‚ but also had a few times when he wasn’t his best self. Another leader was Andrew Jackson and as he started in poverty‚ he worked his way up to becoming the president. The people of his time thought he was a superior leader‚ but he had moments when he could have been more empathetic. The last leader was Henry Clay‚ a man who was known for bringing people together and keep
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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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