Alexander The Great Culture

Alexander the Great is the most famous conqueror in the history of the world. His legacy and conquest has shaped the world we know today. Many leaders after him have looked to him as an example of what a good leader should be. “Alexander the Great’s tomb was one of the biggest tourist attractions of the ancient world. Roman emperors, including Pompey, Julius Caesar, and Caligula traveled to Alexandria to pay their respects.” It all started at the age of 18 when Alexander took charge of the Companion Cavalry and helped his father in defeating the Athenian and Theban armies. Starting from such a young age Alexander has been already shaping the empire he would create. At the age of twenty he became king, then by the age of twenty-six he conquered the Persian Empire and at age thirty explored the Indian frontier. He was an unstoppable force conquering the world. Alexander the Great is the greatest conqueror of the known world, because of the personal teachings of Aristotle of Stagira, his innovated military genius and multicultural integration methods.

Many people fail to realize that Alexander has had a definite affect on us today, although not as great as he would have had on people of the past. In most parts the world today, Alexander The Great is considered a legend; however, in some places, Alexander is considered a god. One of the most notable people in history, Alexander has reached an iconic status in our world today. He possibly may have even been referred to in the Quran (Surah 18:89-98). There are still many stories told about him including folktales, and movies. In modern Iran, Alexander is still known as an evil king who nearly destroyed the ancient Persian culture and religion. Although the effect of “Alexander Mania” has died down since the time of his reign, you can still see the mark that he has left on today’s world.

Great men have lived on the face of the earth and left marks of their prowess and legacy that men of the present and even the future find it hard to emulate; a good example of such men is Alexander the Great. This paper seeks to explain further Alexander’s military genius and its positive impact on military impact over the past centuries. The paper also gives a well thought analysis why Alexander was so much successful in his wars and conquests. His big empire spread all the way from Gibraltar to the Punjab and in his leadership made Greek the lingua franca of his new World (Cary, M, 1932).

Alexander never wasted time. He always arrived before his enemies expected. His men followed him for more than 21,000 miles because they believed he had their best interests in mind. They always counted on him to lead them to victory after victory and he never failed. On the basis of military conquest, contemporary historians and especially those writing in Roman times who measured success by the number of human bodies left on the battlefield deemed him ‘great’.

Alexander legacy was the Hellenization of Persia and Egypt, two of the great civilizations at the time. To be Hellenized is to strongly convince by the Greek. He used his great military tactics and skill as a general by conquering Persia an Egypt. Alexander created the largest empire. In the beginning of taking over Persia and other civilizations, he replaced them with Macedonians and Greek leaders so that he can leave the officials there in place. Generals such as Hannibal, Napoleon and Caesar was influenced by all of Alexander’s actions and military work. All of Alexander actions led to his great legacy and it was important to him because he spread the Greek knowledge in all the civilizations he conquered. The Greek knowledge has survived through the years and influenced many other civilizations until

From conquering a culture in awe of the afterlife, Alexander was in awe of the living and spreading of present culture, intellectual stimulation, and artistic vision. It was a tactical move to embrace the Egyptian traditions, for it helped captivate the native Egyptian people, so much so that they actually embraced him as a living god and celebrated him. This permitted the integration of his beliefs and spreading of Greek ideals with the continued respect of their

Alexander the Great was the Macedonian king whose conquests of the Persian Empire and Egypt created a new Hellenistic world (Cole, Symes, Coffin, Stacey, 2012, p. A18). After Phillip the II was assassinated during a festival at Pella. The kingship now fell to Alexander. Among the Greeks, he would be known as Alex ander, the Sacker of Cities. To the Romans, he was Alexander the Great. (Cole, Symes, Coffin, Stacey, 2012, p. 89). There were accomplishments many of this leader. By the time of Alexander’s early death at the age of 32, a monumental legend had already built up around him.

Alexander III of Macedon, or as commonly known by the infamous name of Alexander the Great, had a dream of circumnavigating the world to finally see the ocean from both sides of the world. There were obstacles that were in between the objective of his conquest, other civilizations that were very foreign to his people. As commonly done in this current era of the world, the civilizations were conquered in order to improve on to the current state of another one’s empire. Alexander the Great had intentions that were simple, to civilize the foreign nations and to leave a long lasting legacy under his name. This task was not easy where he had to explore the middle east, encounter the challenges that he had to go through, and exchange his model of a perfect society to the conquered nations.

Referring to the textbook, the assassination of Philip II led to twenty year old Alexander becoming the King of Macedonia. He is commonly referred to as "Alexander the Great". He, like his father, had a dream of invading the Persian Empire. The textbook mentions that Alexander had claimed to be descended from the Greek Hero, Heracles. Alexander also mentioned that he was pharaoh of Egypt. Going in order of the timeline, Alexander gained control into Asia minor whenever he defeated Persian king Darius III at the battle of Issus 333 B.C.E. From there he he extended control over Syria, Palestine, and Egypt. Another battle with the Persian led to victory, whenever he fought at Gaugamela in 331 B.C.E.. The next move was to take over the Persian treasuries in Babylon. Darius had fled and Alexander was on a quest to find him, but Darius III was killed by his own men. With the control of the persians, he pushed his boundaries into Northwest India. Winning a brutally fought battle at the Hydaspes river, took a toll on

After his death, his Macedonian kingdom was inherited by Alexander III. Granted the throne at age twenty, Alexander sought to follow his father’s footsteps and continue the expansion of his empire. Having defeated the mighty Persian Empire, Alexander the Great fundamentally changed the political and cultural structure by spreading Greek influence throughout his empire. Alexander’s conquest can be divided into three phases that

After Alexander ravaged through Persia and North Africa, something was left behind. After he tricked cultures into thinking he was their leader, and attracting the Persians with his strict but ordered principles, something was left behind. Through conquest and curiosity Alexander the Great spread his ideas and customs, and what he left behind was a multitude of coexisting cultures. Conquest forced some of the cultures cultures to coalesce while deceit allowed others to mix. Alexander the Great brought new Grecian ideas to Persia and left behind a medley of Persian and Greek world views in his

In the ancient world warfare consisted of hand to hand combat, until Philip the King of Macedon introduced cavalry into battle. Using this to his advantage, his son Alexander The Great, set out to conquer the Persian Empire. With great success Alexander’s empire stretched from Turkey to Pakistan. The conquered cities within the empire were greatly impacted by Alexander’s values. As a result, the conquered cities were forced the adjust to Greek and Macedonian culture.

Alexander the Great is considered to be one of the most important military men in history. He was the king of Macedonia who used different styles and strategic military ways to conquer his enemies and take their territories. He was able to expand his empire by conquering “majority of ancient Afro-European societies such as Phoenicia, Crete, Egypt, Mycenae, Mesopotamia and Indus Valley” Lockard 2011, p142. His military exploits made a considerable impact by altering the landscape of the Afro-Eurasians world. His conquest brought about the beginning of the Hellenic Age in the Mediterranean and Western Asia, where his influenced lasted for several years and spread.

During the course of his life and reign, Alexander had fought and won many battles and wars, defeating many kings and warlords throughout the ancient world. Perhaps his most recognized conquest was of the Achaemenid Empire of Persia and its ‘King of Kings’ Darius III during the Battle of Issus 1. After defeating the Persians at the Battle

ver seen before. Alexander the Great symbolized that same dichotomy in what he believed, how he dressed and spoke, and how he approached life. He had no idea that he would create a new culture.