Alexander The Great's parents were King Philip II and Queen Olympia. After his fathers death Alexander got the support of the Macedonian Army and eliminated his enemies to become king and leader of the Corinthian League. He eventually conquered Persia and Egypt. But to understand how the Kingdom of Macedonia dominated the Greek world we need to know what happened during the Battle of Leuctra in 371 BC, between Sparta and Thebes. As we all know Sparta defeated Athens in 404 BC which ended the Peloponnesian War. After the war Sparta was week and Thebes, who was once Sparta's ally, decided to go to war with Sparta over territory. Sparta eventually won that battle and latter had control over most of the Peloponnese. In 335 BC Alexander was challenged by a Thebes rebellion. As Alexander invaded the city the Thebes resisted and Alexander decided to make an example of them by destroying their whole city except for the temples and home of Pinder. …show more content…
Alexander created an alliance with a group by marrying the local princess, Roxanne. In 326 BC, Alexander entered India where he met Porus, whom had 200 war elephants and prevented Alexander from crossing the Hydaspes River. Alexander used trickery to cross the river and after a hard-fought battle and the death of some of his men Alexander defeated Porus. Alexander was impressed with Porus and allowed his to continue as a local ruler and received some war elephants and rides from Porus. Alexander wanted to continue onwards towards China but Alexander's army refused to go any further eats with the him. After Alexander sulked in his tent for two days, he emerged saying that the gods told him that he should go home. Alexander's army made the difficult march south in what is now known as Pakistan. Alexander faced many obstacles along the way. During a siege in a city Alexander was almost
Alexander then turned to Tyre, a small island about a half a mile offshore, where a large group of Phoenicians were assembled to defend Persia. Unable to conquer by sea, Alexander’s men built a causeway to the island and attacked on land. Tyre resisted for seven months, so long that when captured, Alexander had his army slay 8,000 men and sell the other 30,000 into slavery (“Alexander the Great.'; 2). Jerusalem surrendered and was spared, but Gaza fought for three months until every man in the city was dead (Durant 544).
Alexander went to Egypt, which was a part of Persian Empire. when the Persian governor
William Shakespeare is a mystery on his own. He's a famous writer that are familiar with some of his famous works such as Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Macbeth. Although, his personal life is difficult to track, he can only be found by two sources. The first is through his writings of sonnets, poems, and dramas. The second source is data records. Through these sources, the life of Shakespeare can be told about his early life, middle life, and legacy.
As stated in document A, “in 334 BCE, Alexander crossed from Macedonia to Asia with an army of 40,000.” That sounds like he is going to try to take over land and will not give up until he gets that land. According to document C, because the city Tyre, did not surrender, he built a bridge to get to the island. The city held out for 7 months but Alexander continued to destroy it, and the city’s people because he was so angry they were up for the battle. Alexander the great also took over 70 cities as said in document E. As you can tell, he was very greedy and seemed as if he could not help it but to keep destroying cities and taking over land. In conclusion, Alexander was overall very greedy and decided to take over land for no purpose other than he wanted
One of the only cities to fight back against Alexander was Tyre. After Alexander entered Egypt in 332 B.C, he founded the most successful city that he had ever built and that was Alexandria. At the Battle of Gaugamela in 331 B.C Alexander and his army faced over 1 million troops, who were all under the control of Darius III. Later during the war, Darius III was captured by his own troops and later killed. Alexander was saddened when the body of Darius III was brought to him, he then sent it to Persepolis and ordered that it be buried.
18. Alexander rested his army in Parthia, then continued on to Bacteria and conquered it. He fell in love with the princess there, Roxane, and married her.
The first battle, known as the Battle of Granicus, against the Persians was a success and ended with their surrender of their capitol. The army then followed their leader and crossed Taurus into Cilicia in 333 BC then to Syria. Darius’s army was decently larger than the one of Alexanders and pushed Alexander’s army back to Cilicia but it is there were he would defeated Darius at the city of Issus but Darius would flee. Soon the army proceeded to conquer Syria, Levant, then Tyre but it did not come easy. Alexander is angered by the difficulty of the battle and orders his men to execute of all men of military age and for the women and children to be sold into slavery. After Trye Alexander headed to the resistance at Gaza where he would find that it is heavily fortified and difficult to get in. The stronghold so fortified it took Alexanders army four attempts to finally break it and ordered the people of Gaza the same fate as those of Trye. After this battle Alexander gathers his army and continues on his conquering
In an amazing eleven-year journey of success, Alexander the Great, of Macedonia, took over all the way from Egypt to India. Following his monarchy came Greek institutions and the Greek language, which became the norm way of the ancient world. When Alexander was born, the temple of Diana at Ephesus burned to the ground. People thought that this was a warning sign that the power that would eventually wipeout Asia had come to the world. That power was baby Alexander.
That wasn’t enough for King Alexander; he wanted to reach the “ends of the world and the Great Outer Sea”. With this, he set off to invade India in 326 B.C. but was forced to turn around at the expense of his troops. Alexander the Great died in Babylon in 323 B.C.; in years following his death many civil wars broke out and tore apart his empire.
Alexander grew up to conquer the world regardless the cost. Alexander’s military successes was beyond believe, because he conquered Asian minor and Egypt in a decade. The size of the army led by Alexander it vary in different books but according to Arrian (Ptolemy) , there was 32,000 infantry and 5100 cavalry, agree by Diodorus (17.17)(page 34). Even though with this small army Alexander the Great smashed the Persian with less difficulty. ”Alexander, therefore, while the enemy’s attention was engaged by the siege engines and the attempted assault within their sector , order the Guards, the archer, the Agrianes, and his personal guard to hold themselves in readiness, and himself, with a few men only, crept unobserved by the dried-up water-course, under the wall, into the town. Once inside he broke open the nearest gates and admitted the rest of the troops without difficulty” (Page 204). First, Alexander order to his siege engine was to build batter defense and force an entrance through the breaches, soon something has changed his tactics. There were a stream, under the bed, Alexander soldiers pass under the town and opened the gate. While the Cyropolis were engaged in the front. Alexander the great took the town and killed about 8,000, the rest surrounded. Alexander brought down the greatest empire in the world at that period, without difficulty and most
Destruction, Cruelty, Deception. These words describe the tone that Shakespeare portrays in Macbeth. Macbeth shows these actions by committing murder and showing his disloyalty through his actions. Macbeth does not have any motive at all, but the constant pressuring from Lady Macbeth drives him right into the commitment of murder of the current king of Scotland, King Duncan. Lady Macbeth is telling Macbeth to be calm, these actions Lady Macbeth took was a sign of deception because of her continuous actions of driving Macbeth to commit murder. The 1971 version of Macbeth, directed by Roman Polanski, best illustrates Shakespeare’s reason for including the three witches. Wright’s version uses different techniques such as audio, lighting, and different camera angles to inform the viewers of Shakespeare’s intent for including the three witches, which ultimately leads to the death of Macbeth.
In 326 B.C.E. Alexander was in a battle at the Hydaspes River in India with King Porus. This is considered by many to be his last major victory. There he would face a new opponent - elephants. The river was also a mile wide. Alexander would be facing an army again that outnumbered him. King Porus thought the river was his best defense, but he underestimated Alexander’s ability to fight. Porus thought that Alexander would wait until monsoon season was over because the river was deep and fast. Alexander ordered from his Indian ally, King Taxila, large grain shipments, giving the indication that he would wait for monsoon season to end. But he had no intention of waiting. Then Alexander started a distraction by putting campfires along the shore.
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
In the student center on the Marietta campus, I along with a friend of mine, assisted in making sandwiches for the homeless. I observed and 30 fellow students rally together and make 500 sandwiches. This action will help provide food for many homeless citizens.
In 331 B.C. Alexander defeated the main Persian army in Masopotamia. When the Persian king, Darius, was killed by his own soldiers, Alexander declared himself king of Persia Alexander was determined to conquer the whole world.