Alexander The Great
I'm very fascinated and interested by the most powerful and famous characters ever known by the history. I have chosen Alexander The Great, because I have great admiration of his great accomplishments, and also because he symbolizes the strong side of mankind character, courage and bravery.Alexandros III Philippou Makedonon (Alexander the Great, Alexander III of Macedon) (356-323 B.C.), King of Macedonia, was born in late July 356 BC in Pella, Macedonia; he was one of the greatest military geniuses in history. He conquered much of what was then the civilized world, driven by his divine ambition of the world conquest and the creation of a universal world monarchy. Alexander inherited from his father King Philip the best military formation of the time. He was the first great conqueror who reached Greece, Egypt, Asia Minor, and Asia up to western India. He is famous for having created the ethnic fusion of the Macedonians and the Persians. From victory to victory, from triumph to triumph, Alexander created an empire, which brought him eternal glory. He brought Greek ideas, culture and life style to the countries, which he conquered, and assured expansion and domination of Hellenistic Culture, which, togethe
Within a year of his accession, Alexander extended his dominions northward toward the Danube River and westward towards the Adriatic Sea. Alexander now took on a project that Philip had planned but never carried out: an invasion of Persia. But in June a fever struck him and on the thirteenth of June 323 B. Alexander, just inside modern India, had every intention of crossing the Beas River. Alexander was educated as a student by the Greek philosopher Aristotle. His men were superior in discipline and experience in the field, but he was short in numbers and well aware of it. When he was convinced that they would not, he agreed to start home. For that where Darius was and where the commands for the Persian army were coming from.
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