The Rise of Macedonia and the Conquests of Alexander the Great 
No soldier in history is more indisputably "great" than Alexander, surpassing the majority even of good and eminent generals, as do Napoleon and very few others. What marks him out--even more than the quality both of his swift tactical insight and deliberate strategic planning - is the "daemonic" strength of will and leadership with which he dragged a war weary army with unbroken success to Khodjend and the Punjab. He wrote his name across the Near and Middle East for two hundred years; and yet his work was ephemeral, in that the Empire which he left, even in the strong hands of the early Seleukids, was dying on its feet from the first generation.
Alexander the Great, one of the greatest military intellects in history, conquered much of was what was then the civilised world. Taught by his tutor Aristotle to believe that the Greeks were the most advanced people in the world, Alexander created a huge empire, encompassing Macedonia, Egypt, Syria, Persia and Asia Minor.
When you think memorable people of the Ancient Greeks you just might think of Alexander the Great. Alexander the Great was a true hero of his time.
In the spring of 344 B.C. Alexander entered Asia Minor with an army of some 37,000 men and very little funds. His first battle with the Persian’s was in the battle at the Granicus River in 344 B.C. Even with victory under his belt, he barely came out alive. By 333, the entire western half of Asia Minor was in Alexander’s control. The Persian King Darius III mobilized his army to stop Alexander’s army. The Persian army outnumbered Alexander’s army at the Battle of Issus; the battle was on a narrow field that took away any advantage the Persian army had and in the end was another victory for Alexander. After this victory Alexander turned his is army south and by winter of 332, Syria, Palestine, and Egypt where under his control. With his victory of Egypt his took on the traditional title of pharaoh and founded the first of a series of cities named
Alexander the Great, one of the greatest military intellects in history, conquered much of was what was then the civilised world. Taught by his tutor Aristotle to believe that the Greeks were the most advanced people in the world, Alexander created a huge empire, encompassing Macedonia, Egypt, Syria, Persia and Asia Minor.
When you think memorable people of the Ancient Greeks you just might think of Alexander the Great. Alexander the Great was a true hero of his time.
In the spring of 344 B.C. Alexander entered Asia Minor with an army of some 37,000 men and very little funds. His first battle with the Persian’s was in the battle at the Granicus River in 344 B.C. Even with victory under his belt, he barely came out alive. By 333, the entire western half of Asia Minor was in Alexander’s control. The Persian King Darius III mobilized his army to stop Alexander’s army. The Persian army outnumbered Alexander’s army at the Battle of Issus; the battle was on a narrow field that took away any advantage the Persian army had and in the end was another victory for Alexander. After this victory Alexander turned his is army south and by winter of 332, Syria, Palestine, and Egypt where under his control. With his victory of Egypt his took on the traditional title of pharaoh and founded the first of a series of cities named