Alexander the GreatJoin now to read essay Alexander the GreatAlexander the GreatKenneth W. DunnProfessor Diane GordonHIST115Spring 2005IntroductionAlexander III was born on July 20th, 356 BC to King Philip II and Olympias. He was born in Pella, Macedonia. In 343 BC Aristotle was hired to educate Alexander at the age of 13. In 338 he commanded for the first time the Calvary during the battle of Chaeronea. Alexander ascends the throne of Macedonia in 336 BC after the murder of his father, King Philip II. 336-323 BC is when he started his empire, conquering kingdom after kingdom.
Why was Alexander the Great?Alexander III was known as Alexander the Great to his people from 336-323 BC.Why to this day do we still look at Alexander the Great as one of the greatest rulers of the world? Even though Alexander ruled for only 13 years as king of Macedonian what made him gain the title as Alexander the Great? Should he be known for it because of his military skills, his popularity with his people or his leadership skills?
Why did Alexander deserve to be called “the Great”? He was not the first of his time to be called it. There were two others before him that were called the Great, the Persian King Cyrus the Great and the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses the Great. To this day his leadership skills are still considered by military experts as being the most outstanding commanders of all time. Alexander was able to motivate and inspire his troops to fight any battle for him by leading his troops, talked to every single troop and received the same wounds that they did. One thing that can only be marveled at is the over whelming factor, his charisma. He was the only individual that was able to hold together an empire together. After his death the empire fell apart into competing kingdoms.
As far as his personal characteristics are concerned, he was the best-known of the Persian statesmen. As regards his military talents, he showed the superiority of a combatant and the bravery and military prowess of a commander.
Many of his friends and foes thought the Persian army might actually be superior to that of their enemies. After they came across the Egyptian tyrant, Darius of Phocles, one of the great generals of the world, he had no hesitation in his decision for peace. Darius, because of his ability to bring peace in all the land and territory he had conquered, and because of the wealth and power in the country he had conquered, had a certain confidence in a victory to his cause. To him a victory should not be so hard as to be impossible. The country was so small that only a strong army could stop an army from doing the same thing. One of those that could take that into account was this great king of the Roman empire: he had a vast military base in the Mediterranean which he sent to Egypt and the Nile rivers, as well as many other places he controlled which had their own borders. He gave the Persians a very large army, which included many of the great conquerors Darius. The two nations joined forces during the battle at Anakon and when the Romans had defeated the Byzantines at the gates of Constantinople, they began one of the greatest conquerions in modern history.
There were a number of great generals who preceded him that were known as the Golden Warriors that fought bravely in war battles. Their main problem was that they believed it was in their power to go and fight on to win. And they really felt like they would have to be brave. To this day, they do battle and win. It was only through the Golden Warriors that they were able to stop the great powers. They fought only once, their own day. This was one of the greatest days that had ever taken place in modern history. They were victorious, then defeated, and then their armies were driven back and out of the field altogether.
Another of the best generals was the leader of the most famous Mongol army, the Mongol Khus, that was defeated by his son King Mongol in 538 BC.
The Khus were famous for their military prowess. Since no other army had seen such great success in battle in the last 100 years, only the Golden Warriors would have done so. Their bravery and determination was unmatched. During the early stages of the war, they made an effort to prevent the Mongol army from setting up a base in Persia in order to defend the city from the barbarians, to kill the invaders, and perhaps even defend themselves. This was also an attempt to give hope to the Mongol warriors who were still struggling in the valley. They were fighting for peace in the desert where the Khus had destroyed the Phocles, but they were going to kill the Mongol king if he stayed
As far as his personal characteristics are concerned, he was the best-known of the Persian statesmen. As regards his military talents, he showed the superiority of a combatant and the bravery and military prowess of a commander.
Many of his friends and foes thought the Persian army might actually be superior to that of their enemies. After they came across the Egyptian tyrant, Darius of Phocles, one of the great generals of the world, he had no hesitation in his decision for peace. Darius, because of his ability to bring peace in all the land and territory he had conquered, and because of the wealth and power in the country he had conquered, had a certain confidence in a victory to his cause. To him a victory should not be so hard as to be impossible. The country was so small that only a strong army could stop an army from doing the same thing. One of those that could take that into account was this great king of the Roman empire: he had a vast military base in the Mediterranean which he sent to Egypt and the Nile rivers, as well as many other places he controlled which had their own borders. He gave the Persians a very large army, which included many of the great conquerors Darius. The two nations joined forces during the battle at Anakon and when the Romans had defeated the Byzantines at the gates of Constantinople, they began one of the greatest conquerions in modern history.
There were a number of great generals who preceded him that were known as the Golden Warriors that fought bravely in war battles. Their main problem was that they believed it was in their power to go and fight on to win. And they really felt like they would have to be brave. To this day, they do battle and win. It was only through the Golden Warriors that they were able to stop the great powers. They fought only once, their own day. This was one of the greatest days that had ever taken place in modern history. They were victorious, then defeated, and then their armies were driven back and out of the field altogether.
Another of the best generals was the leader of the most famous Mongol army, the Mongol Khus, that was defeated by his son King Mongol in 538 BC.
The Khus were famous for their military prowess. Since no other army had seen such great success in battle in the last 100 years, only the Golden Warriors would have done so. Their bravery and determination was unmatched. During the early stages of the war, they made an effort to prevent the Mongol army from setting up a base in Persia in order to defend the city from the barbarians, to kill the invaders, and perhaps even defend themselves. This was also an attempt to give hope to the Mongol warriors who were still struggling in the valley. They were fighting for peace in the desert where the Khus had destroyed the Phocles, but they were going to kill the Mongol king if he stayed
Alexander III is known to have helped shaped the world the way we know it today. Persians, Egyptians, Babylonians were eastern cultures that dominated the world until Alexander came into rule. He changed the focus on civilization from the eastern to the western societies, Greece and Rome. Alexander took the gold reserves of the Persian Kings and minted it into currency, using his resources to build new cities while continuing his conquest of other kingdoms. This enabled the Greek civilization to spread through out the known world and improving trade relations and activities. Alexander established an economic system that remained active until the industrial revolution in the 18th century. The limits for the inhabited earth at the time was established by him and remained so until the 15th century, before the voyages of the Portuguese and Spanish.
Darius III, King of Persian, was one of Alexanders opponents during his rule of Macedonia. Persian was a vas empire that stretched from Egypt, the Mediterranean Sea, India and central Asia. Darius was Alexanders greatest foe and he faced Darius army, which was said to be incredibly large, over one million Persians in 331 BC. In 334 BC Alexanders armies wiped out a Persian defense force at the river Granicus (Turkey). In 333 Darius tasted defeat by Alexander in the town of Issus, (southern part of Turkey). It was in 331 BC, against the million man army, that Darius faced his final defeat at Gaugamela (Iraq).
The battle in 334 BC took place when Alexander crossed Hellaspont with and army of 35,000 Macedonians. When they reached the Granicus River they ran into 40,000 Perians and Greek mercenaries. His army defeated 40,000 and according to history his army only suffered the loss of 110 men. At this time all of the minor states of Asia submitted to him. Alexander continued with his army southward and ran into King Darius III main army. The Battle of Issus was in 333 BC and Darius army was said to be 500,000, which is believed to be over exaggerated. During the battle Darius was cut off from his base so he fled northward at the same time abandoning his mother, wife and children. Alexander treated them as royalty was supposed to be treated, even better then Darius treated them. This was a great victory for him. He continued on to Tyre, a strongly guarded sea port, that laid in siege for seven months before he stormed it and defeated it in 332 BC. Gaza was the next to fall under Alexander as he moved on to Egypt where he was met by the people as a deliverer. He then founded the city of Alexandria at the mouth of the Nile River which became the literary, scientific and commercial center of the Greek world. Alexander secured the entire eastern Mediterranean coastline with all of these successes.