Alexander the Great

Alexander III of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia also known as Alexander the Great.

No, although he did die of malaria while in Egypt

He was one of if no the best military commander and strategest the world had ever seen. Unlike most commanders of the time who would sit back behind their troops and watch the battle, Alexander would fight on the front line leading his men into battle

1. Hellenistic is basically a Hellenic-Greek culture at its core with localized partial influences (depending on the area) of:
2. Buddhist-Indic,
3. Syrian-Persian-Mesopotamian,
4. Egyptian, Jewish,
5. Anatolian-Phrygian-Capadocian-Armenian,
6. Thracian.

   For A+ kids:

   Persian, Egyptian, Indian, and Greek. c:

He established over 70 Greek-style cities (nearly half modestly named Alexandria after himself) to provide centres of Greek culture. He also married a thousand of his senior soldiers to Persian women and drafted Persian youths into his army to speed up hellenisation.

He established over 70 Greek-style cities (half modestly named Alexandria after himself, one after his horse), hoping to spread Greek culture. He also married Persian women to his senior soldiers to breed a united people.

His early death limited this expansion of Hellenism. His successors limited it to the upper classes, and the majority of people in the empire went on as normal.

Never. The famous Battle of Chaeronea that united Greece under Macedonian Hegemony took place in 338 BCE. Philip II of Macedon and his son Alexander led an army of Greek allies to defeat the opposing Athenian forces and the Greeks who allied with them.
Whenever a Greek state became supreme, that supremacy entailed the depression of some states and the dependency or subjection of others. As the eminent historian, J.B. Bury writes, "Athens was reduced to a secondary place by Macedon, and Thebes fared still worse; As the hegemony or first place among Greek states had passed successively from Athens to Sparta, and to Thebes, so now it passed to Macedon". After Philip II's assassination, his famous son Alexander the Great would go on with the Corinthian League that was forged from this battle, to conquer the Persian empire all the way to India.

He was educated by the great Greek philosopher, Aristotle.
When Alexander was a boy, his father hired the famous astronomer, Aristotle, to become his tutor. Today, this would be like hiring Albert Einstein as a teacher.

Yes. He was a strong leader and a great military tactician. Alexander's father created for him a strong army that made his kingdom strong and united Greece under Macedonian hegemony for the conquest of Persia. He was taught by Aristotle who studied under Plato who studied under Socrates. Alexander the Great spent most of his ruling years on an unprecedented military campaign through Asia and northeast Africa, and by the age of thirty, he had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world, stretching from Greece to northwestern India. He went beyond the world known to the Greeks in a time when the world was still thought of as flat. He was undefeated in battle and is widely considered one of history's most successful military commanders.

Alexander the Great crushed his enemies but he did not treat the peoples or families of his enemies with barbarity as we can see in his dealings with the defeated kings and also by his treatment of the family of Darius whom he defeated.

Persia

Alexandar from Macedonia, the first conquered place was, so called today, Greece, or Athens.

The well known battle of Horonea, some 3 Century BC, 2 august.

So, this is the braking point of all Greeks atempt to improve that Alexandaer the Great was greek...

He was Macedonian!

His first tutor was his great-uncle Leonidas (the uncle of his mother Olympias). Leonidas taught him on the Sparta model of the agoge. (Look up Spartan training.) He also learned the usual "Three Rs."

Aristotle was hired by Philip II (his dad) as his tutor, when he was 12-13. He was taught what was emerging as Aristotle's standard stuff. (At this point in time, Aristotle was *not yet famous*, note). Logic, rhetoric, eristics (arguing either side in a debate), ethics, science, politics. Apparently, he also learned a little medicine from Aristotle (whose father had been a physician ... in fact, that's how Aristotle got his job -- his father had been the personal physician to King Amyntas, Philip II's father). Later, Alexander was known for showing up in the hospital tent to help, and even to give medical advice to his friends. :-) The other thing Aristotle did was annotate a personal copy of the ILIAD just for Alexander.

There is a strong suspicion the he was defeated by King Poros of Pauravas in India, or at least it was a draw - otherwise his transferring of his own ally King Taxiles' kingdom to Poros is inexplicable.

The plan to invade Persia was his father's, Philip II of Macedonia.

Alexander was to be part of the expedition as a subordinate commander. When Philip was assassinated just prior to his departure to Asia, Alexander took over, as his elder brother Arrhidaeus was mentally damaged from an attempt to poison him (this and Philip's assassination raise questions about the roles of Alexander and his mother Olympias).

Philip was murdered in 336 BCE. Alexander led the expedition against Persia two years later 334 BCE when he had settled Greek uprisings after Philip's death.

Alexander the Great conquered many lands, even him thinking that he is a god. Pericles used direct democracy instead of conquering like Alexander the Great.

Philip II during his campaign to be the leading state of Greece sent a message to Sparta saying "You are advised to submit without further delay, for if I bring my army into your land, I will destroy your farms, slay your people, and raze your city.." Sparta sent back a reply "If". Alexander and Philip stayed clear of Sparta. With much of Greece already united under his hegemony, Sparta could be left alone while he concentrated on his campaign against the Persians who had subjugated the Greek states in Asia Minor.

the spread of Greek culture.

I'd say yes to spread Greek culture, but I do think his GREATEST achievement was that he created the biggest Greek empire. It unfortunately fell after Alexander's death.

Alexander impacted Greece by bringing Greek cultures and laws together with other cultures. For example, his soldiers and Persian women were married and Alexander the Great also married 2 Persian princesses. Another reason on how Alexander the Great impacted Greece was that because he invaded so much land he was able to get the Greeks to know the other cultures that they didn't know were there.

Alexander founded over 70 Greek-model cities throughout the empire he took over from Persia, modestly calling half of them Alexandria after himself; one in Egypt (he also called one after his horse Beucephalus = bighead).

I would consider nieher of them to be better. I believe that Larry the Cucumber is better b/c he is one sexy cucumber lol hahahahahahahah

Alexander the great was proclaim Pharaoh by the Egyptians around 331 BCE.

Source:

World History Before 1600: The development of Early Civilization (Vol 1), Upshur., Terry., Holoka., Goff., Cassar: Cengage Learning (2005)

· At sixteen, Alexander was appointed regent while his father fought in Thrace. This was his first real taste of political and military power. · Alexander's army crossed 20,000kms of difficult terrain · He fought in 4 major battles and countless minor ones. · Conducted a number of difficult colt sieges, all successfully · He conquered the Persian empire · Established Greek and Macedonian control over the Near East through his ability as an administrator. · He spread Greek, or Hellenistic, culture across the Near East by the founding cities; and encouraged trade and the exchange of ideas in science, geography, medicine and art between Greeks and the east. · Alexander introduced a uniform silver currency based on the Attic standard; it was designed to foster trade throughout the empire. Other currencies were still used and areas such as Babylon and Phoenicia were allowed to maintain their own trading links and coins.