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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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How did Alexander the Great effect the history of his time?
He displaced Achilles and other heroes of the Iliad as the icons of success which would make names live forever, and incited others, especially Julius Caesar to emulate and surpass his fame.
Why Was Alexander Called Alexander The Great?
Alexander the Great earned the sobriquet of "Great" through both the magnitude and the timing of his conquests, as well as through his ruling vision for the conquered area. Never before had such a large conquest been accomplished, nor so quickly. Moreover, his rule of the new empire, although brief, was characterized by an eclecticism (that is, a blending of cultural features from both conquerors and the conquered) that further solidified his successes -- and his legacy as "the Great". Alexander and his army replaced the Greeks as the power in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. He was a Macedonian.
What did Alexander's conquests of Greece Asia Minor Egypt and Persia led to the spread of?
The spread of Greek culture.
Alexander the great's accomplishments?
Alexander's empire used weapons that were made out of metal and some of iron. the way his army fought was that they put their shields on front of them and make some spaces for the spears on their side. the way that Alexander became great because he conquered Persian empires and places in Persia.
What factors worked together to weaken the four kingdoms that emerged from Alexander's empire?
They were in competition and weakened each other through war. Then they successively fell to the expanding Roman Empire.
Macedonia supported Carthage and became the target of a vengeful Rome. Syria-Mesopotamia lost most of its territory to the Parthians and its rump was taken over by Rome. Pergamon's king gave up to the inevitable and willed the kingdom to Rome, and after Marc Antony and Cleopatra's demise, Rome converted Egypt into a province.
Was Cyrus the great and Alexander the Great the same person?
Cyrus the Great was the founder and first king of Achaemenid Persia. Darius was the son-in-law of Cyrus and was the third king of the Persian Achaemenid Empire, ruling the empire at it's greatest.
What was the period after Alexander the Great's death called?
The Dark Ages
TRUE, TRUE,
BUT;
to be EXACT, it's called
THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD!
You're MORE than welcome xD
The origin of this quote is somewhat disputed. The discrepancy appears to originate from a 1929 publication of the Reader's Digest, which describes the quote ambiguously as a lament on his father's victories, or that Alexander's empire was so large (and spanned most of the civilized world at the time). Some sites attribute this quote as Alexander's last words, but without documentation. A further possibility is that this is a misquotation from Plutarch's Tranquility of the Mind, quoted below.
"Such contentedness and change of view in regard to every kind of life does the infusion of reason bring about. When Alexander heard from Anaxarchus of the infinite number of worlds, he wept, and when his friends asked him what was the matter, he replied, 'Is it not a matter for tears that, when the number of worlds is infinite, I have not conquered one?'"
How was Alexander the Great built into a statue?
He was not built into a statue. After his death his body was hijacked on its way back to Macedonia by his general Ptolemy who took control of Egypt, was mummified and kept at Alexandria. Augustus subsequently viewed the body in 31 BCE when he captured Alexandria from Marc Antony. The mummy later disappeared as that part of Alexandria became permanently flooded.
Why did the city of Alexandria attract scholers?
Its upper class of Macedonians and Greeks which took over the city during Alexander the Great's invasion established Greek customs and culture. Part of this was art and literature promoted and financed by the Macedonian Ptolemies who had made themselves pharaohs. So Alexandria became a leading centre with the largest library and associated scholars.
What impact did Alexander the Great have on the ancient world?
He was absolutely ruthless in promoting himself and his ideas. Part was maintaining absolute power, part in pushing his idea of civilisation, which was to his mind Greek. He took several measures, introducing Greek culture by establishing over 70 Greek-style cities as a guide, he married himself and his senior soldiers to Persian women to raise a new cross generation, and inducted Persians into his army. These efforts were cut short by his early death, but his generals who succeeded him established their own kingdoms from the empire, and introduced a veneer of Hellenism in them.
What is a Hellenistic kingdom?
The Hellenistic kingdoms were a product of the Macedonian generals of Alexander the Great. After his death they individually seized contol of different parts of his empire and continued his Hellenisation policy within their territory. Hellenisation involved establishing Greek cities and promoting Greek (Hellenic) culture. They contested with each other for territory resulting in war and realignment of boundaries and rulership.
Ptolemy, who had seized Egypt which he had governed for Alexander, was the first to declare himself a king, and the others followed suit. Hence the territories became kingdoms, and the term Hellenistic was given to them in modern parlance to indicate that, rather than being ethnically Greek, they were barbarian with a Hellenic (Greek) rulership and cultural veneer, hence Hellenistic.
The Hellenistic Kingdoms changed shape and rulers, but settled down with enduring dynasties in Egypt (sometimes including some coast and islands of the eastern Mediterranean), Syria (included parts of Asia Minor but early on lost the eastern territories of the Middle East and India), and Macedonia (including parts of mainland Greece).
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These Hellenistic Kingdoms were progressively swallowed up by Rome, beginning with the punitive attack on Macedonia, which had supported Carthage during Hannibal's invasion of Italy - Macedonia was divided into four republics to end its capacity for revolt. Then folowed the rest of Greece, Asia Minor, and Syria culminating in Pompey's capture of Jerusalem. Parts of them were made variously into provinces, tributary republics or tributary kingdoms. Cleopatra Ptolemy was the last Hellenistic ruler of Egypt and, after the defeat of Marc Antony by Octavian, it was made a province of Rome governed by a Roman prefect.
How many square miles was Alexander the Great's empire?
Alexander the Great conquered a total amount of about 20 million square miles of land.
Why did Alexander stop his expedition in 326 BC?
Alexander the Great started going into India into 326 BC. After winning a pitched battle that went to the wire against a local king Porus who used elephants, Alexander learnt there were many more Kings in India with stronger forces. Alexander wanted to fight.His army didn't. They had been freaked out by elephants. They were exhausted. They had left their home of Macedonia and Greece 8 years ago. They wanted to see their wives and children again. They didn't want to fight more battles against stronger enemies who would probably beat them. They were running low on morale. Alexander tried to persuade his men otherwise, even throwing a tantrum where he stayed in a tent for three days, but his men wouldn't budge. And Alexander the Great was forced to go back.
What special qualities made Alexander the Great a remarkable leader?
Alexander the Great learned a lot of rhetoric from his tutuor, Aristotle.
How did Alexander earn the name the great?
my god how does this have anything to do with Germany or WWII. if you think it belongs in that category you do not have the right to know the answer to this question.
What were Alexander the great fear hopes and dreams?
Alexander the great's dream was to do better things than the heroes of the ancient legend. He wanted to unite east and west. He wanted to keep Greek an official language. He wanted to have only one currency. He wanted to conquer India which was the stongest army at that time.
What are 2 challenges that Alexander the great faced?
Personally, his overweening ambition and self-superiority and self righteousness. Physically, the massive Persian Empire and the resistance of its elements - Phoenician, Greek, Persian and other peoples - taking ten years to overcome them. And the independent attitude of his Macedonian generals who resented his authoritarian approach and his attempted adoption of requiring Persian-style subservience from his Macedonian people.
Why did Aristotle want Alexander to invade Persia?
There are several:
- To provide the squabbling Greek city states he had tentatively united with a common enemy to focus on;
- To fulfil his dreams and ambitions;
- To gain control of the fabled wealth and power of the Persian Emperor;
- To get revenge for Greek defeats at the hands of the Persians;
- To free Greek cities under Persian control
Is great Alexander 's last name?
I'm not entirely sure about this, but I think during the Hellenistic age you didn't actually have a last name; you were known by your first name and then your town or city name. Like Alexander of Macedon(ia). His father is actually known like that - Philip of Macedon (or King Philip II, whatever). --SabraKadabra
No one has ever discovered that. People like him weren't called by their last names , So no one knows what his is .
How was Alexander the Great able to conquer so much?
He used force of arms to impose his will on the Persian Empire, taking it over. His attempts to introduce Greek culture had very limited success, and after his death his generals split up the empire and turned it into kingdoms of their own.
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