Were his accomplishments positive or negative? These are all questions that when combined as one create a debate that has been going on for decades. There are those who admire Alexander’s military achievements and ability to carve out the largest empire the world has seen. Then there are those who perceive him as a selfish‚ cruel madman with drinking problems. This paper will outline the different sides taken on Alexander and the question as to what his significance/influence was and whether it was
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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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position of the King after his father passed away and was able to also accomplish the expansion of his father’s empire. He deserves the title also because he started conquering at the very young age of sixteen‚ and ruled his father’s army after he passed away. He was a great fighter because he was Another one of his great accomplishments was that he successfully defeated the Persian Empire that no one was ever able to defeat before‚ and which
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Persia All Persian men to the age of 50 years were obligated to serve in the armies of the Persian Empire Zoroastrianism‚ monotheism‚ good/evil‚ heaven/hell Greece turned boats into fighting platforms Similarities for both (if this works for ya) MILITARY IS A BIG ONE Agreed upon slavery & enforced it advanced civilization & technology- produced scholars that innovated much of our society’s sciences and philosophy works Persia- Rumi‚ Avicenna Greece- Socrates‚ Plato‚ Aristotle
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The Persian Wars were wars that were fought by Greek States and Persia over almost half a century. The Persian Wars started from two conflicts that occurred between 490 and 479 B.C.E and set against the Persian Empire against the Greek city-states. The conflict began after Athens and Eretria helped the Ionians in their revolution against Persia. The first Persian War was the Battle of Marathon in 490 B.C. The Persians sailed down the coast of Greece and landed at the bay of Marathon‚ about
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gain control of all of the land stretching from Greece all the way to India. Phillip the II was a great leader‚ who was succeeded by his son‚ Alexander. Carrying on his father’s legacy‚ Alexander set out with intentions of conquering the Persian Empire. He thought of himself as godly‚ because his mother had told him that Zeus‚ the most powerful god‚ was his father. From this moment on‚ he strived for immortality. He wanted to be praised by his people as a god‚ since he was so great and successful
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Persia and Greece were beautiful and prosperous empires and where the most influential of their time. In this essay I will talk about the two main empires’ political structures and their economy and I will also state similarities and differences between the two empires. The two empires’ political structures might have varied greatly but their economies were very similar. Even though they had differences and had major battles they were still the ideal empires of their time. The Persians had a very good
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the Great Alexander the Great began to earn god-status because of his legendary accomplishments. Alexander did many things during his lifetime that just made other people pretty much sure that he was a god. In fact Alexander conquered the biggest empire of his time and claimed it for Macedonia. Alexander however could not do this alone in fact he had a very elite army of 37‚000 soldiers when he set out‚ including Greek and Macedonian troops. Alexander first went to Asia Minor to free it’s Greek
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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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