Alexander II's Journey To France

Alexander the Great is one of the most successful military commanders of all time. Some may attribute Alexander’s success to his inheritance of the great Macedonian kingdom and military from his father, Philip II. Although there is no doubt that this timely inheritance was a key factor in his success, it was his military skills and generalship that gave him the ability to effectively utilize the groundwork laid by his father.

Alexander the Great was the king of Macedonia, conqueror of the Persian Empire, and one of the greatest military geniuses of all times. Even at an early age, Alexander had the promise to become a great leader. Through all his victories and conquests, he has become a great hero and has had a large impact on history. That is why I chose he book Alexander the Great, by J.R. Hamilton for my review. Hamilton does a very good job with the story of Alexander the Great.

Someone who has abilities above the normal or average person is considered great. In this case, were talking about Alexander the infamous Greek invader. Alexander the Great was a man of conquest and curiosity. By the age of twenty he had already conquered many of his local Grecian city states and had established himself as a leader. His desire to conquer and explore grew as he aged. As he travelled he took along with him the morals and customs of the place he was from. Alexander the Great spread Greek culture through conquest and the use of cultural manipulation.

Alexander the Great was a hero politically, socially, and economically. First, “When Darius was found murdered by his own men, Alexander executed the assassins and gave Darius a royal funeral.” (Alexander The Great PowerPoint) Politically, Alexander avenged King Darius by executing the assassins that killed him; this takes harms and threats away from citizens, making him a better ruler, also, he is honoring his dead friend which shows true qualities of a leader such as being respectful. Secondly, Alexander the Great was a hero socially. Notably, “Alexander found a few ways to show respect for the people and his empire and still spread Greek culture.” (Alexander The Great Packet) Socially, the citizens may like the cultural changes making the

In regards to the question of how long it took for the successors of Alexander to express royal ambition, I will be discussing how long it took, in what ways and whether or not any of them were intent on the maintaining of the empire as a whole, to this I will be looking at Ptolemy, Perdiccas and Eumenes.

Tsar Alexander II and III while father and son had very different ambitions as Tsar and different view for the future of the empire. Alexander III succeeded to his father’s throne in 1894. His reign is looked upon by most historians as a time of repression that saw the undoing of many of the reforms carried out by his father. Certainly that was a time of great economic and social change but these had led, in the West of the nation, great pressure on political system. However Alexander was deeply suspicious of the direction in which his father had taken Russia and the internal reforms that he instituted were designed to correct what he saw as the too-liberal tendencies of his father's reign.

According to Dr. Wilcox's lecture, how did Alexander the Great’s conquest differ from that of Assyria and Babylon and how was the influence that he left behind felt in Jerusalem (also include the rule of the Seleucids in your discussion)? According to the read section in unit five (pg335) The chain of empires that ruled over Judah continued through the rise and fall of the Persian Empire and on to Greek rule over Palestine, which began with Alexander the Great and would prove to be the most influential in cultural terms (Tullock, and McEntire,2012). Nonetheless, it also states that it seems to suggest the Ecclesiastes was influenced by the Hellenistic culture that saturated the Near East following the conquests of Alexander the Great (Tullock,

Alexander conquered around 2,000,000 square miles. That was almost half the known land, but was it really that great. Over his 11 year career as the king, he fought in many battles and conquered the most powerful armies. But it wasn’t all skill, he got lucky a lot. He also did a lot of bad things to his men, and did not let his men turn back for food or anything. I personally do not think Alexander the Great was Great.

Following his father's assassination, Alexander III was advised that it would be difficult for him to be kept safe at the Winter Palace. As a result, Alexander relocated his family to the Gatchina Palace, located twenty miles south of St. Petersburg, making it his primary residence. Under heavy guard he would make occasional visits into St. Petersburg, but even then he would stay in the Anichkov Palace, as opposed to the Winter Palace.

Alexander III possessed an elemental ability to motivate his troops and boost their morale. He began his war with a good relationship between himself and his troops and led according to the traditional Macedonian custom. The soldiers were like his equals and he lived among them as one of them. Alexander used the God’s in many ways as a motivational method for his army. Praying, sacrifices and rituals were very important before each battle and each and every person would get involved, making the army prepared and motivated to win victory as they knew the God’s were on their side. The Gordian knot was one of the major incidents that motivated all of his army. There was a legend believed that if anyone loosened the knot they would become lord

Alexander III of Macedon, more commonly known as Alexander the Great, is one of the most legendary figures in our history and in the history of the world. His conquests and endeavors echoed far and wide, bringing about new eras and ideas to the world. Alexander earned his place in the world’s history and is worthy of the title ‘The Great’ because of his military prowess, his idealism and his legacy.

In the spring of 334 BC, Alexander the Great set in motion his invasion of the Persian Empire and in the next three years defeated Persian forces in three major battles, therefore, taking over territories of the ruling ”The First Persian Empire”. Opposition to the Greeks gathered in Bactria and Sogdiana, roughly modern Afghanistan, where Alexander found it difficult to cope with insurgents. The ancient Greeks, like Americans, were better at conventional than guerrilla warfare. (Papalas, Anthony J. "The Journal of Military History." Project MUSE. East Carolina University, Oct. 2006. Web. 10 Apr. 2016.)

TWO different historians/archaeologists, explaining why the historians have undertaken that particular perspective.
250 words per historian, included within your essay. Talk about limitations in evident

Macedonia Is a small country that borders the north of Greece. Macedonia is located in the western part of Europe. The lands of Macedonia incorporate smooth hills and deep valleys. The highest point of elevation is in the Koran mountain range. The country of Macedonia is about 10,000 square miles. Macedonia is exactly 109 miles from top to bottom(north to south). Macedonia shares borders with Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Albania.

Alexander conquered 2,000,000 square miles in 11 years only as I mentioned in the introduction.