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Alexander The Great Outline

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Ben Smith
Josie Tierney Fife
English 9
4 May 2017

Alexander the Great

Alexander the great is a very important person in history. He was one of the most powerful rulers ever and was the king of Macedonia. Alexander live from 356 - 323 BC.
He should be someone that everyone learns about because he had so many achievements and was such a smart and powerful ruler despite his young age. “He is regarded as one of history’s brilliant military leaders and most powerful rulers” (Fogarty).
Early Life.
Alexander the Great was born at Pella in 356 BC, and could’ve been in October. Alexander was the son of Philip II of Macedon and his mother's name was Olympias. He was also known as Alexander III. His mother Olympias was an Epirote princess (Epirote …show more content…

He was 32 at the time. He said to may have come down with malaria, but his death is very suspicious. Many people think that he may have been poisoned or such but as far as we know he died from a sickness. Alexander was never forgotten and we still learn about him today. His tomb is a big tourist attraction. Other important emperors such as Ptolemy, Julius Caesar and Caligula all traveled there to pay their respects (Foner). Alexander build a very large, strong empire, but once he died it fell within 20 years (Grossman). There are legends wrote about Alexander's early life in Plutarch's Parallel Lives. Philip had a white horse named Bucephalus and he could not tame it. Alexander broke the horse and tamed it. Philip then told Alexander that he needed a larger kingdom because Macedonia was not big enough to reflect how great he was. Ptolemy was one of Alexander's generals. He was responsible for returning Alexander the Great's body to …show more content…

After his death, there have been over 100 operas about him, but they are not to popular at the time. Other stories were told about Alexander's kindness. After Alexander had won his war against Darius he treated his family kindly. When Darius was killed by his own men, his last request was for Alexander to care for his family, which he did (Dow). An Athenian orator once said when informed of Alexander’s death...“What? Alexander dead? Impossible! The world would reek of his corpse!” (Fogarty). Alexanders city Alexandria was built on top of a village called rhacotia. It’s perimeter was laid by dropping seeds, and it had wide streets with a rectangular grid. The city plans were drawn up by dinocrates as the shape of a greek garment (Dow).
Many people think Alexander's death is very suspicious. He died when he was 32 years old and no one knows the exact reason. some people say it may have been malaria or some other kind of sickness and some other people think he could have been poisoned. As far as We Know he died from a sickness but there is no particular evidence showing what sickness it would have been. There were probably many people who did not like Alexander. lots of people probably saw him as very powerful and intimidating. There's definitely a chance Alexander was poisoned but there is nothing to prove that at this point in

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