Why did Alexander the great want to conquer the world?

Answer 1

Alexander inherited his father, Philip II's project to conquer the Persian Empire after Philip was assassinated on the eve of his departure for Asia.

Philip's object was to conquer the Persian Empire after he had established himself as Hegemon (leader) of mainland Greece. With a couple of hundred Greek cities within the Persian Empire, it was a good starting point.

Alexander, on taking over his father's legacy, followed the plan, which was to take over the coastal cities of the Eastern Mediterranean in order to take over the Persian fleet, which was comprised mainly of Egyptian, Phoenician and Asia Minor-Greek ships, and so prevent the Persians attacking Greece in his rear while he was invading Asia.

Having captured these cities, he then moved on to defeating the Persian army. With the Persian army defeated in three major battles, he then spent the next few years capturing the territory and cities of Central Asia. This gave him control of the ex-empire from Libya to the Indus River.

Of course in capturing all this territory spanning about 5,000 km, he took a lot of cities. He also created a lot of cities, (naming many after himself - Alexandria) as a way of introducing Greek culture to his new empire and so hoping to build a stable Hellenised region. His early death prevented its fruition, so we don't know how successful he could have been.

Answer 2

Alexander didn't conquer Egypt, Alexander the great conquered the Persian Empire of which Egypt was a part. Egypt saw him as a liberator and gave themselves over to the young Greek from Macedon without resistance.

Answer 3

Alexander's father Philip II had planned the conquest of the Persian Empire after uniting Greece under Macedonian hegemony but was murdered before he could begin. Alexander the Great, took up his father's campaign. Philip's motives for proclaiming his desire to undertake this Panhellenic Crusade remain subject to debate, but the explanation Philip gave for the undertaking was 'liberating the Greeks in Asia Minor and avenging the Persian Wars' Polybius (3.6). Alexander seems to echo this sentiment in his letter to Darius when he writes, "Your ancestors came to Macedonia and the rest of Hellas [Greece] and did us great harm, though we had done them no prior injury. I have been appointed leader of the Greeks, and wanting to punish the Persians I have come to Asia, which I took from you".

• Alexander's letter to Persian king Darius III of Persiain response to a truce plea, as quoted in Anabasis Alexandriby Arrian; translated as Anabasis of Alexander by P. A. Brunt, for the "Loeb Edition" Book II 14, 4.

Answer 4

First of all, Alexander The Great (Alexander of Macedon III) was given a huge empire (Macedonia in the northern peninsula of Ancient Greece) when his father died. His father's dream was to create a (very) big, well trained, loyal army of unified Greece under Macedonian hegemony (at that time, there were city states, each had its own army) and later on, with that huge army, he desired to go and conquer the entire Persian empire (it was MUCH bigger than Iran these days). Unfortunately, Philip did not live to see himself leading his army against Persia. So after his father's death, Alexander was left with a vast empire, a huge army and a dream of his father to fulfil.

When Alexander turned 13, his father hired Aristotle to be Alexander's personal teacher. For the next three years, Aristotle taught Alexander rhetoric, literature and encouraged Alexander to learn science (and so he did). All those, the army, the empire, his father's dream and his vast knowledge and respect to other cultures were great aid at his conquering of the Persian empire. During his days of conquering he learned about many cultures, he built a city with a gigantic library holding within some of history's greatest documents, he encouraged his Greek soldiers to marry Persian women to consolidate his empire.

Alexander of Macedon is my most favorite person in history, I admire him for his smarts, his knowledge, his achievements and the ability to accept different people as they are and to learn about them, respect their cultures, their traditions and their languages. To my opinion, Alexander the Great was one of the greatest men to be to this day.

Answer 5

It was a legacy from his father Philip II of Macedon. Philip, having brought Greece under his control, ambitiously planned the conquest the weakened Persian Empire, and assembled the forces to do it, but was assassinated on the eve of his departure for Asia. His son Alexander took over the project.

Answer 6

Alexander wanted to be like his father but,better.Even though he was going to inherit the wealth and power.Alexander the great true passion was the FAME.

Answer 7

Because he wanted to expand his territory

Answer 8

Cause he is mean