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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.
1,963 Questions
What year did Persia invaded Egypt?
540 BCE.
Under the leadership of Cyrus, the Persian Empire conquered Babylon.
How was Alexander the Great treated by his conquerors?
no, he would kill them one by one and sometimes he would let people go then kill them
What are the primary objectives of managers?
Here are a few to get you started:
1. Control costs and/or generate revenue
2. Develop or approve plans and processes
3. Assign and monitor tasks
4. Reorganize and hire or fire people as needed
5. Help new people get started and understand the objectives
6. Make sure deadlines are meet
7. Resolve conflicts and staff issues
8. Guide, motivate and recognize the team
9. Support the team and fight for them
10. Escalate issues or concerns to upper management
11. Help the staff develop their job skills and career
12. Inform the staff of decisions made at higher levels
13. Forecast future needs and growth of the team
14. Develop budgets and hold people accountable
Did Alexander the great fight the Romans?
yes, Alexander the Great was infact the Emperor of Ancient Rome.
Describe how the growth of Alexander's empire spread Greek culture?
- Alexander established Greek as the universal language throughout the empire which simplified and improved the free flow of trade, knowledge and ideas.
- Cities were founded and settlements were created for Greek colonists on trade routes allowing Greek culture to spread with ease by Greek soldiers, traders, travellers, intellectuals and artisans.
- The conquered lands were introduced to Greek philosophers, the great works of the Greek playwrights, scientists and mathematicians etc and scholarship was encouraged.
- Alexander had Greek temples, theatres, baths and gymnasiums built and Greek architecture, statues and inscriptions were distributed spread through the lands in abundance.
- The empire used Greek coinage depicting the images of Greek Gods and commemorating Greek historical and mythological events.
- He encouraged Greek intermarriage with the local peoples.
- His Generals continued the Hellenization process as they expanded their portions of the Empire, after Alexanders death.
Which Persian leader created a vast empire that stretched from Asia Minor to WEstern India?
King Darius I
Alexander's mother, Olympias was Molossian. The Molossi were a Greek tribe living in Epirus. Epirotes were Greek. Alexander the great was Greek by both parents.
His father, Pihilip II, was Macedonian, that is Greek. Alexander's grand father, Alexander I, participated in the Olympics where at that time only Greeks could participate.
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.
