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Alexander The Great Dbq

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Alexander the Not ‘Great’ After conquering Persia, Alexander wanted to go on and conquer more land, but his army refused to go on because they were getting home sick after years of war and travel. In 356 B.C.E., Alexander was born in Macedonia. When King Philp II was assassinated, he became king. Then when he was 20-23 years old, he set out with his army to conquer Persia. How great was Alexander the Great? Alexander was not great because he killed thousands of innocent people, and his empire did not last long. He was brutal to the people of Tyre. For example, in Doc.C states, “The air grew thick with smoke from burning buildings. Seven thousand Tyrians died” He killed seven thousand Tyrians, and the ones who were alive and took refuge in the temples, were sold into slavery by Alexander. Also, he burned their city down because they did not surrendered their city and themselves to him. And even the city’s rival, Sidon, was appalled from the site he was seeing. So he managed to sneak 15,000 of them to safety. Since they did not surrendered, they perished when Alexander defeated them. …show more content…

For instance, in Doc. E said, “Size of Alexander’s empire at his death (sq. miles):2,000,000 miles, Years that took Alexander to build his empire:11 years, Years that Alexander’s empire held together after his death:10 years, Estimated enemy soldiers and civilians killed in four major battles:100,000...” Although Alexander's Empire was big, and it took a short amount of time to build it. It cost many lives they build it how it was. 100,000 enemy soldiers died and four major battles, and his Empire only lasted 10 years after his death until it crumbled. He achieved many things in his lifetime, but those things didn't last very

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