“Alexander The Great Hero or Villain” By: Shelby Hammond-Helms I think that Alexander the Great is a hero because he had a lot of accomplishments and legacies that are important. Alexander the Great did do some bad things but most heroes do. I think that his accomplishments over ride his actions that were hurtful to other people. I think that his most important accomplishment is the Hellenistic culture. Alexander the Great founded the city Alexandria. Alexander was able to do all of this at the
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title‚ Great‚ due to his strategic military operations‚ his expansion of the Greek Empire‚ and the cultural diffusion of the Greeks across the world. Alexander the Great is recognized as one of the greatest commanders that world has ever seen‚ if not the greatest. Alexander first led troops as a mere teenager and became king afterwards due to the assassination of his father. He decided to expand the Greek Empire‚ which his dad‚ King Philip‚ started but couldn’t finish. At just the age of twenty
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Ancient Medieval‚ Orange 7-8 January 7th‚ 2014 Cyrus the Great‚ one of the most insightful leaders of his time‚ according to Ancient Greek historians such as Xenophon and Herodotus it was because of his ability to create a lasting empire. He was able to use political‚ military‚ and trade powers to establish stability within his rule. Historians have recognized this and his tactics are still used to this day. Cyrus was able to do something that not many ancient rulers were able to
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politics‚ history‚ literature and medicine. Inherited his father’s‚ king Philip II of Macedon‚ kingdom and became king of Macedonia. Alexander the great is called the ‘greatest military leader of all time’ by many historians. While conquering different empires‚ Alexander learned about their cultures and spread their different ideas. He became the leader of the Greeks‚ ‘overlord’ of the Asian Minor‚ Pharaoh of Egypt‚ and a king of Persia and Macedonia at the young age of 25. Alexander allowed people to continue
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and noble births in that time period. Philip ll Alexander’s father‚ was the king of macedonia and he put together a superior army and crushed all of his enemies.His mother opympas at births name was mrytle‚ was the daughter of Neoptolemus 1 of Empires. Alexander’s mother gets executed in 316 BC. Alexander the great dealt as as king of Macedonia from 336 to 323 b.c all along his time of leadership he unified Greece‚ resumed the corinthian league and beat the persian
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control the high and mighty Persian Empire. The Persians had range over a territory including all of what are now Syria‚ Israel‚ Egypt‚ Jordan‚ Turkey‚ Iraq‚ and Afghanistan. It had taken Alexander all of twelve years and he was still only thirty-two. Alexander the Great may have been the acknowledged master of the then world‚ but he was a captive
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is the fact that Alexander had continued what many before him had done‚ invade the Persian territory. Rome and Parthia‚ had first clashed after Pompey had annexed the Syrian rump of the Seleucid empire in 64B.C.‚ then there was Crassus in 53B.C.‚ who was governor of Syria at the time‚ and was eager for glory‚ only to be destroyed by the Parthian horse arches. Then after Crassus we know there was also Caesar‚
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About 2500 years ago‚ the Persian Empire was expanding through Asia and into Asia Minor (the area between the Black and Mediterranean Seas) and taking control of the eastern world. A Persian ruler was installed over every city-state that they conquered. It was this action that eventually provoked the Ionian revolt which marked the beginning of the long confrontation between the Greek and Persian empires. About BC 550‚ Cyrus I‚ emperor of Persia‚ conquered the territory of Ionia (the west coast
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Akkad rolled the area from 2900 to 2350 B.C. and the Assyria rolled it around 1000 B.C. (Metmuseum.org). They both showed their level of greatness through their art‚ however‚ the differences between them are noticeable. For instance‚ the Akkadian empire implied their power over human - Figure 2.12-; however‚ The Assyrian‚ implied their power over animals -Figure 2.20- (Janson‚ Hofrichter and Janson). First‚ the victory stele of Naram-Sin or the King’s Victory - Figure 2.12- is an old relief sculpture
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contradicts Alexander ’s vision of mixing Persians with Macedonians. Green takes Plutarch ’s views and argues that by Alexander mixing the nobility of Macedon and Persia; it would then allow the intergration of Persians and Macedonians all over the empire. Curtius accounts Alexander married daughter of Darius‚ Roxanne for love and not for policy .Curtius ’s account of Alexander which states that he has the contingency to be false‚ but if he is correct‚ the marriages could be viewed as way to eliminate
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