History of Conquerors

When Alexander overthrew the Persian rule he opened up an opportunity to introduce Greek culture to the rest of the world: and he took it. Though the spread of Greek culture started with Alexander, it was actually his successors that did most of the work. Alexander overthrew many kingdoms and even the Persian Empire; this caused a massive power vacuum that only he could fill. With his death, however it was up to his generals and appointed leaders to spread their culture to the rest of this world, with the lands they had already

In order to actually understand how Alexander the Great came to power, we must first explore into his background. He was born around 356 B.C.E in July within the capital city of Macedonia. When he was just a small child, he spent his time observing his father, Phillip the II, who during that time was the current leader of Macedonia. His father was a force to be reckoned with, and scholars like to link this to Alexander’s future success within the empire. Along with watching his father, little Alexander at the age of 13, eventually gained a very smart and intelligent tutor by the name of Aristotle. Of which, was a very successful philosopher that taught him literature and rhetoric. It would later serve a purpose in increasing Alexander’s interest in many subjects such as science, medicine and philosophy. This process of his training would continue on until he reached the age of 16. Later

     Alexander and his men now set forth to conquer Egypt. Upon arriving, he was welcomed as a “...divinely sent liberator from Persian rule'; and was crowned

Alexander had been taught many things from a very young age such as academic subjects, politics, sports, and warfare which made him think very highly of himself. His father Philip of Macedonia made an extremely strong army and took over many Greek polises and wanted to take over the Persian Empire. This struck Alexander’s aspiration to take over the Persian Empire as well. Alexander then inherited his father’s kingdom at the age of 18 after his father

When Alexander conquered Egypt, Alexander respected the culture and the beliefs the Egyptians had. Alexander never enforced his culture on the conquered people but he did support Greek culture. Alexander instead left the culture alone and tried to learn about the culture instead of changing it. If he was a ruthless leader, he would of enforced Greek culture onto the conquered people and wouldn’t of allowed the people's culture. Another example of this is that he also respected the knowledge and variant cultural traditions of the people he conquered. Many ruthless leaders would look down upon the other's cultures but instead, Alexander accepted the other's culture and tried to learn the culture. When Alexander took over the Persians, he showed respect for the conquered Persians and allowed the Persians to still have Persian governors and beliefs. Instead of making Macedonians and Greek rule the Persians, he allowed the Persians to keep their governments and beliefs. If Alexander was a bad person, he would've removed the Persian governors and would’ve changed the Persian beliefs to Greek beliefs. One thing Alexander actually did was he adopted Persian customs. Alexander actually liked other cultures and adopted some parts of other cultures. A ruthless leader would of never adopted other culture if he thinks his culture is

Does that not seem to you like betrayal and rejection of his own people? Alexander could never have had it both ways. As the conquerors we will never accept the customs of the conquered. Political move it may have been, but it was the wrong one. At the trial of the royal pages conspiracy, it was stated to Alexander that he abhorred the customs of his own country. Thus it was the king of Persians, not of the Macedonians that they wanted to kill13. Alexander has simply become so far removed from his own people that some do not even see him as their own king. The plot against his life was to pursue him as a deserter in accordance with the conventions of war14. When a sailor rescued Alexander’s crown from the sea and placed it on his own head to keep it dry and out of harm’s way, he was rewarded handsomely for the rescue. When it was pointed out by another to Alexander that the crown had been on another’s head, regardless of the situation he had the same man promptly executed on the belief that it was a bad omen. With the adoption of Persian luxury came outright abuse of power and skewed

Alexander cared about his army and there needs. According to document D, “The army was crossing a desert of sand and the sun was already blazing down on them. They were in need of water. As they went on a party of light infantry which had gone looking for water. They found some and poured it into a helmet. They brought it back to Alexander, Alexander took the helmet and in full view of his troops poured it on the ground,”(Arrianus Doc D). This shows that Alexander the great was truly great because he showed concern for others. When he poured the water on the ground he showed brotherhood. Brotherhood meaning if he was not going to drink the water the army would not either. This trait is good to have so that one can be caring for others and it makes one a good leader so they will be able to succeed in life. Next, Alexander was aware of others. According to document C, “When the last organized resistance was broken, Alexander and his army went on a wild search. Alexander had ordered that all except those who took safety in the temple were to be put to death,”(Green Doc C). This shows that Alexander the great was really great because he showed concern for others by honoring those who took safety in the temple he saved their lives. When one does this they are saving many lives and am being very honorable just like Alexander was. This trait is important to have in life so they can succeed in life by honoring others and their choices. In summary, Alexander the great was truly great because he showed concern for

So this may be why he visited the temple, not out of any personal belief that he was descended from Ammon, but instead, out of a sense of duty or to appear to be taking the fact that he was made Pharaoh by the Egyptian people as being a great honour. More over by visiting the temple he would be making his Egyptian subjects happy. Arrian further states that other accounts say that Alexander went to the temple so that he could gain Ammon’s approval before founding Alexandria. This would seem plausible since, although there is question whether or not Alexander believed that he was of divine descent, it cannot be doubted that he took worship of the gods very seriously. And he would most certainly want a god of Ammon’s statures approval on something as important as the founding of Alexandria.

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

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Alexander’s first taste of being a leader must have been sweet because after he earned the trust of the Greek people, he led them into battle against other nations. Alexander’s father conquered Greece, but Alexander had larger goals in mind (Bauer). Alexander was very offensive in battle, and soon had campaigns in many countries including Egypt, Babylonia, Persis, Media, Bactria, the Punjab, and the Indus River Valley (Lendering). In Alexander’s 15 years of conquest, Alexander never once lost a single battle (Barksdale). Soon, Alexander had conquered all of Asia Minor and Northern Egypt (Lendering). Alexander was the king of Macedonia, king of Greece, King of Asia Minor, and Pharoah of Egypt all at the same time, talk about a multi-tasker (Alexander the Great 1). He led very successful conquests in these countries, and was a good leader during these times. Alexander wanted just one more thing: Persia.

After Alexander’s father Philip II died, there was not someone better than Alexander the Great to take the throne. Unfortunately, many of the Greek cities thought he was too young and inexperienced to be able to handle the throne and do a proper job like his father. People doubts and reluctant to accept him as their rightful King did not discourage him, to prove no man can do a better job than him and put people doubts at ease, Alexander the Great attacked the ancient city of Thebes. He did this to instilled fear, in people and make them change their minds of doubting him and obeyed

Alexander quickly gained the approval of the Macedonian army to become king and ruler of Macedon. Alexander ordered to kill anyone possible to claim the kingship so no one could take his spot. Alexander soon began his campaigns starting off with the Asian Campaign, in the early 335 B.C.E Alexander's army defeated the Persians for the first time they met, army of Darius III. Alexander gained control of the Asian empire. He soon became the ruler of Asia and in 333 Alexander yet again met Darius III and outnumbered his army and finally called himself the King of Asia. He continued his campaigns and in 331 B.C.E Alexander pushed into Egypt and without a fight the egyptians recognized him as a pharaoh, ruler of ancient Egypt. There he found the city of Alexandria which is known as a center of Greek culture and commerce. Towards the end of Alexander's campaigns Alexander became “King of Babylon, King of Asia, King of the four quarters of the world.” The time came where Alexander finally defeated his enemy Darius III when he was killed by his own assistants to avoid death, but Alexander gave full respect and punished them for breaking the Persian law, and Alexander the Great was finally Kind of

At an early age Alexander’s father Philip hired a tutor. Alexander’s tutor was Aristotle, Philip II hired him to ensure Alexander had the best education. Aristotle worked with Alexander to help improve his intelligence. Alexander was able to conquer more land than his father. He was a very ambitious man he wanted to conquer the world. After his father was murdered he became ruler of the Macedonia empire (57). Under Alexander’s rule the Macedonia empire had control over Persia, Greece, Egypt, Iran, Afghanistan and some of India (64).

By winning favor with the native Egyptians and utilizing their pre-existing models of political organization by conducting themselves in the manner of the Pharaoh, stringent economic taxation, and religious/cultural systems of worship through the creation of Greco-Egyptian gods, the Ptolemies were able to implement a stable ascension to power after the death of Alexander the Great. The distance from the Greek homeland and the lack of cities throughout Egypt that tried to emulate Greco-Macedonian ideals allowed native traditions to take hold and strongly influence the policy and future directions of the Egyptian state. Examples of this included the city of Alexandria that was first designed as a bastion of ancient Greek values but succumbed to the presence of an influential native population and an administration that was willing to adapt in order to legitimize its power and allow for national stability in the wake of battles with foreign invaders. If not for internal corruption and infighting among its leaders, Ptolemaic Egypt may have lasted much longer as a kingdom before its eventual annexation by