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Alexander the Great
One of the most successful commanders of all time, Alexander the Great (356–323 BC) was the king of Macedonia and the creator of the largest empire in ancient history, from the Ionian Sea to the Himalayas.
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Is it true that Cleopatra's family was related to Alexander the great?
Cleopatra VII Philopator was the third daughter of Ptolemy XII and Cleopatra V and was born in January 69 BCE. Her elder sisters were Berenice IV and Tryphaena and a younger brother Ptolemy XIII who was also her husband.
What area did Alexander the Great conquer more of?
He conquered Greece, Egypt, Persia, and part of the Indus Valley in India
What was the name of the battle between Alexander the great and Darius?
it was called the battle of issus angainst darius the 3rd
Did any conqueror match Alexander the Great's achievements?
Yes Alexander the great accomplished all his goals , one was to win wars and to rule the world , which he did achieve.
Who was the king of Macedonia in Ancient Greece?
The king of Macedonia in 356 BC was Filippos B known as Philip II. Philip II was a Greek King of the Argead Dynasty from Argos in the Peloponnese that founded Macedonia.
What did Alexander the Great sleep with under his pillow?
A copy of Homer's masterpiece The Illiad and a dagger
Why was the process of cultural diffusion so advanced throughout Alexander the Great's empire?
The process of cultural diffusion was so advanced through Alexander the Great's empire because of the nation. This was all throughout the Southwest.
What was the country in north Africa conquered by Alexander the great?
he started by conjuring the Persians Greece's old enemy.
Was Alexander the Great a Greek leader?
No. He was from another Greek city-state called Macedonia and that's why his official title was Alexander III of Macedon. Macedonia was modern day Northern Greece plus a small fraction of the country "FYROM" (Former Yugoslavic Republic of Macedonia). Nevertheless both Spartans and Macedonians had descent from the same ethne(primary tribes of Greece), the so called Dorians.
What are Alexander the Great's weaknesses?
His strengths:
1) His vision and his drive to succeed
2) His leadership skills (This is a man who was able to encourage tens of thousands of men to willingly join him and then march, on foot, for over 20,000 miles as they made their way eastward. At some points, his army/traveling caravan consisted of approximately, 150,000 people (women included, who served as cooks, etc. for the men). Often, many men from the foreign lands they came across were so enamoured with Alexander that they too willingly joined his army.
3) His military strategies. He never lost a battle he fought.
His weaknesses:
1) He liked to drink way too much and would have enormous drinking parties. This is one likely way that he died. (other reasons are probable too)
2) His personality was too eccentric for those people around him after a while. Right before he died, he was beginning to lose the absolute loyalty of those people near him.
3) His interest in integrating/intermarrying different cultural groups with the Greeks did not sit well with many of his native countrymen, who believed that the ethnic people they encountered were insubordinate to the Greeks.
4) His enormous dreams and plans to continue conquering new territories would lead to his eventual undoing. Immediately after his death, his Companions divided up his massive empire amongst themselves.
Who are the four generals who divided up Alexander the great kingdom?
Alexander had many generals. The ones who became his successors and carvedup/disputed over his empire after his death were: Antigonus, Antipater, Cassander, Craterus, Lysimachus, Perdiccas, Ptolemy, Seleucis
How did Alexander keep his power in Persia?
By placing his generals in control of the various provinces, eg Ptolemy got Egypt.
When we ask what was Alexander legacy what are we asking?
When you ask "What is Alexanders Legacy" you are asking what are his major accomplishments and what he's known for.
What was Alexander the greats job?
His job was a commander of an Macedonian army. He doesn't have an empire.
What type of leader was Alexander the great?
Hee was a very just and able ruler , he had no desire to invade a counry with sole idea of looting the land, more likely he wanted to establish Greek knowledge and culture to every country he conquered.
The Hellenistic period was the period between the conquests of Alexander the Great to the conquest of Egypt, the last Hellenistic state which fell to the Romans,
What did Alexander the Great become because of Aristotle's teaching?
Aristotle was a philosopher. Alexander got his military education from his father King Philip II of Macedonia, and was given by him the opportunity to exercise command while still in his teens.
How did Alexander the Great treat his men?
Unlike may conquerors before, Alexander the Great allowed the local rulers of ares he conquered to continue ruling over their lands and practicing their own religions. This kept his conquered territories pacified and more trusting of his empire.
How did Alexander use religion to control his empire?
Alexander used religion to control his empire by saying her was the son of the main god in a religion.
Example: For the Greeks he said he was the son of Zeus.
When did people start calling Alexander the Great, "the Great"?
Alexander has always been great but he was known just as The Great as People through out the world studied his life and history. He was more called the great by "teachers" and there students and it soon evolved into Alexander The Great.
