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Alexander The Great Report

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Family Background
Alexander was born in Pella, Macedonia, in 356 B.C. Alexander The Great was the son of King Philip II of Macedon, a kingdom in Macedonia. His mother, Olympias, was King Philip II’s fourth wife. Alexander inherited his father's strong empire, including the Greek kingdom of Macedonia, which possibly assisted his great success. The conquests of Alexander would not have been nearly as great without the army that his father created.

Early life
From a very young age, his Mother had encouraged him to believe that he was a descendant of heroes and gods. Like most children in Athens, he was tutored and learnt to read, write and understand maths. When Alexander turned 13, his father hired the great philosopher, Aristotle to tutor his son. In return for his education, Philip II agreed to restore Aristotle’s hometown of Stagira, which included setting many of the citizens free from slavery.
However, most importantly he was taught how to fight, as well as hunt and ride a horse. When he was growing up, he rarely saw his father due to long military campaigns that his father was …show more content…

He conquered much of Asia and Europe including territories from Greece to Egypt and through Turkey, Pakistan and Iran. He also founded cities, spread Greek culture and increased trade between the east and west. Alexander is famous for being a military genius who never lost a single battle, he fought as many as 17 battles and overthrew many places to create the largest empire anyone had ever known. He has been known as perhaps the greatest military mastermind in the ancient world. From the age of 20 until his death at 32, Alexander the great gathered probably the greatest empire known in the ancient world. Wherever he went in the world Alexander wanted to create new cities all named after him. It has been recorded that at least 70 cities have been founded by Alexander, however, the exact number is not

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