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    Alexander the Great is the most famous conqueror in the history of the world. His legacy and conquest has shaped the world we know today. Many leaders after him have looked to him as an example of what a good leader should be. “Alexander the Great’s tomb was one of the biggest tourist attractions of the ancient world. Roman emperors, including Pompey, Julius Caesar, and Caligula traveled to Alexandria to pay their respects.” It all started at the age of 18 when Alexander took charge of the Companion

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    superior to Alexander the Great. Alexander the Great was a young leader who had strong abilities to lead a great army. Throughout this paper I am going to argue that Alexander the Great was the greatest leader of all time. To prove my point, I will go into detail in: how he was brought up to be a leader, his impressive military tactics, the Macedonian Conquest he led, and the everlasting legacy he left that still has effect on people today. Alexander the Great, also known as Alexander the III, was

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    Alexander the Great is the most famous conqueror of the history of the world. His legacy and conquest has shaped the world we know today. Many leaders after him have looked to him as an example of what a good leader should be. “Alexander the Great’s tomb was one of the biggest tourist attractions of the ancient world. Roman emperors including Pompey, Julius Caesar, and Caligula traveled to Alexandria to pay their respects.” At the age of 18 Alexander took charge of the Companion Cavalry and helped

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    The Epic Father-Son Battle: Phillip II versus Alexander the Great Chris L. Word Count: 1595 During the times of ancient Greece, perhaps one of the most influential and known powers was Macedonia. Macedonia’s empire existed from the 800s BC to 146 BC and is principally known for the accomplishments of it’s leaders: Phillip II and his son, Alexander the Great. Phillip II worked internally in the regions near Greece strengthening his country, while Alexander operated very far from Greece, conquering

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    Alexander the Great, he is one the most glorified and historically significant leaders within history. Unique, the one word that could be used to describe the details and importance of his life. Unlike his predecessors that came before him, what sets him apart has to be how he rose to power and how he used that power. And even though he only lived until the age of 33, he accomplished what those that came before him failed to do so. The topics to be discussed are how he rose to power and what he managed

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    Ruben Avila October 10, 2016 Battle of Gaugamela The Battle of Gaugamela took place on October 1st 331 BC. It is also known as the Battle of Arbela. This was a battle fought by Alexander the Great against King of Macedon named King Darius III of Persia. This battle was the final meeting of many meetings between these two powerful leaders. The name Gaugamela itself means “The Camel’s House” which was a village on the banks of the Bumodus River. The site of the battle itself was thought to be on

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    said that Alexander was an annoying, silly, rude, mean, hard hitting, loud, outgoing, greedy, selfish, mingy, miserly, parsimonious, penurious, rapacious, skimpy, stingy, vain, aggravating, bothersome, disturbing, irritating, troublesome, vexatious... Ok let's just say their are a lot of haters towards Alexander. He did conquer many peoples ancestors and that can be a touchy space. This story I am about to tell you is about Alexander and his biggest enemy Darius III why is this so? Alexander believed

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    holding his own; the nude figure, rather than representing a known Macedonian, is a brave Graeco-Macedonian warrior about the meet a noble death. ” In this description, Waldemar Heckel describes one of the battle scenes on the Alexander Sarcophagus, a piece which has much meaning in the study of Alexander the Great and the lives of the ancient Greeks and Persians as a whole. The artifact has speculative ties to the ancient kings Abdalonymus and Mazaeus. To begin with, this paper will discuss the embellishment

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    Alexander the Great was a king of Ancient Greece from 336 to 323 BC. His parents were Philip the second and Olympias. Alexander was educated by the philosopher Aristotle. Alexander the Great’s accomplishments in the third century had a significant impact on the Eastern and the Western community. His expansion of his empire influenced people from the Mediterranean all the way through to the Asian society. Alexander expanded his land through the mountainous regions of Afghanistan to Tibet which opened

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    Alexander the Great In history Alexander the Great is always one of the topics to learn, and one of the most asked question is what did Alexander do to be so great. Alexander might have been born great to achieve greatness or have greatness thrust upon him and this one of the reasons we still talk about him today. Alexander the Great took the crown at the age of 20. When he was only 13 Alexander tamed a horse that no one else could ride that was named Bucephalus which impressed his father. At the

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