Saturday, December 5, 2009

Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great was a very strong leader. He lead many military excursions winning everyone of them. Alexander was a student of the famous Greek philosopher, Aristotle.He trained Alexander in many thing, this would help him the great leader that he was .
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Alexander, born in Pella, the ancient capital of Macedonia he was the son of the King, Philip II.
Growing up he was a student under Aristotle. His Father wanted him to learn from one of the best, which did he, for we are still learning from him today. Alexander Leander about philosophy, literature, science, medicine, and rhetoric.
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When His father, Philip II died, Alexander took over as king at the age of twenty. In those twenty years he rulered more land then any other king in his history. Soon after he was made Pharaoh of Egypt, He conquered Greece's great enemy Persia, as well as the lands of Egypt and as far as India. google-books link


This is true, Alexander the Great want to war to win over country's, he never lost a battle. However he was greatly loved. Alexander was known to let people still do things the way they did them before like their religion. It is said that part of what made him so great was his character. It what won over most of his people. google-books


"Before his death, he conquered most of the world known to the ancient Greeks." Alexander had a short life for he lived until the age of thirty three. In his life time did many great things, he had goals in his life and he did things to make sure that he would meet his goals. Alexander the great is someone who we will still learn from to this day. link

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