He took over the task from his father after king Philip was assassinated on the eve of his departure for Asia.
Alexander the Great.
Alexander the great
Alexander, king of Macedonia and Hegemon of the Greek.
Cyrus the Great
Alexander the Great conquered the Persian Empire and converted it into an empire of his own, not to destroy the Persians but to convert them to Greek culture.
He did not 'free it', he conquered it from the Persians it and incorporated it into his own empire.
he started by conjuring the Persians Greece's old enemy.
It was to make the Persians respect him that he adopted their customs and dress; he wanted them to think he was no different to the rulers they'd had in the past.
The Persians conquered the Mediterranean, Babylon, Egypt, North India and many more. Basically all the old-school countries that were part of the Persian empire from Cyprus/Caucasus right down to Ethiopia all the way to North India were all conquered by the Persians and became part of the empire.
Sikandar is the Persian rendition of the name Alexander. When the Greek emperor Alexander the Great conquered Persia, the Persians called him Sikandar, meaning "defender" or "warrior". It is a variant of Iskandar
He thought of them as partners in the universal empire he was establishing. Some he appointed as provincial governors. He married all his senior leaders to Persian women to help create a uniform race.
in governing conquered people the persian were much more humane than the assyrians.