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Does Alexander Deserve The Title The Great?
After Alexander the great died, he was given the title "the great" due to his success in conquering Europe. People thought he made many great to change Europe. Was that really the reason he was given the title the great? What goals do you have to achieve in order you can receive the tile of "the great"? Someone great should be a leader that contributed to the society greatly and made a significant achievement to change the world and make the way we live today better. He should be someone who is respected by others and also pays respect to others. One should be also kind hearted. Alexander did succeed those goals therefore, should not receive the title "the great".

What makes Alexander great? He had conquered all the civilizations that were
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An example of an achievement will be establishing an empire and find the best way to improve it which was what Herod the great did to earn his title. He initiated construction at Jerusalem, Jericho, and Caesarea of theaters, amphitheaters, and hippodromes . Alexander's actions may have made significant changes to the world back then and today, but his goals were not too different from Hitler's which was to conquer the world. Hitler today was not respected by anyone and definitely not today. Although he killed many people in a much more cruel way than Alexander, but their purpose was similar, to dominate land. It is not worth the lives he had killed. It was not only the army of who he was fighting against that was killed and injured, more than half of Alexander's army died at the journey through the desert of Gedrosia. No one considers a murderer "great". Alexander sympathizes for those people that he killed? It does not mention anywhere that Alexander did anything in memory those people and not even his own people that were killed. Many people say it was because of him uniting all those cities that initiated development in Europe. It is true that after the unification, economical and cultural development did boast. Alexander should

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