Alexander the Great was a hero because he did great things for many people. Alexander the Great built new cities where others had been destroyed (You Decide‚ pg 181). This statement shows how he tried to do good for society. Alexander wanted people to have homes and live a happy and healthy life. People liked Alexander and what he did. Making sure the lives of people were satisfied was a feeling that he felt was right. This shows how he did great things for many people. Another example of this is
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by the name “great.” He was a conqueror‚ which means that he took over places and named himself ruler of all he had taken captive. In this case‚ Alexander was hoping to unite Greece‚ as well as conquer Persia. He is very well-known among historians today‚ and he has also accomplished a lot in his time period. However‚ the name “great” may have been given to him too easily and without careful examination of how he truly treated others‚ not just how he saw himself. Alexander the Great has accomplished
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On the day Alexander the Great‚ son of King Phillip II and Olympias‚ was born Phillip II captured the city of Potidaea‚ Phillip II’s general Parmenion won another important battle‚ and Phillip II’s horse won a race at Olympia. It was said that a son whose birth coincided with three victories would himself prove to be invincible. It was also said that Alexander descended from the Greek heroes and demi-gods Heracles and Achilles. During his kingship Alexander did very little to disprove these statements
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Alexander the Great Alexander the Great was a king and conqueror. He is commonly referred to as “the most powerful leader of all time.” What is it that makes him such a powerful leader? What has he accomplished that has made him so significant? 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
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brother of King George Vl‚ upon the death of King George V‚ their father‚ assumed the throne. But David was involved with his mistress‚ Ms. Wallace Simpson‚ who was from the United States. The night that King George V passed away‚ David hugged his mother and ran out of the room crying. David was not crying because he was upset that his father just passed away. He was crying because he was forced to the new king‚ even though he did not want to be king. David did not want to become the new king of England
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as excellent commanders‚ but none can compare the might of Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar. For one conquered the whole of the then known world and the other laid the foundations of the mighty Roman Empire. Although Alexander and Caesar had contrasting early part of their lives‚ reason being that one was a ruler and the other politician. It is generally the later part of their lives which signifies and compares them; they made great conquests‚ and that was possible not only because of their
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within the society. In fact‚ society is even apt of delineating the lives amongst it. However Alexander III‚ King of Macedon‚ Pharaoh of Egypt‚ Supreme Commander in Chief of all Greeks and Emperor of Persia‚ was not a follower. He was the person leading society; the moulder‚ the shaper. Through his instantaneous reaction and actuation‚ he was able to make to important decisions‚ and it was evident that Alexander was a large influence on his people through the observations of his unconditional courage
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King Alfred the Great Alfred the Great (849 – 26 October 899) was King of Wessex from 871 to 899. Alfred successfully defended his kingdom against the Viking attempt at conquest‚ and by his death had become the dominant ruler in England. He is the only English monarch to be accorded the epithet "the Great". Alfred was the first King of the West Saxons to style himself "King of the Anglo-Saxons". Details of his life are described in a work by the 10th century Welsh scholar and bishop Asser. Alfred
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Alexander Hamilton was a man of great importance during the time of the American Revolution. He was one of our founding forefathers‚ and had become the first Secretary of Treasury from 1789 to 1795. After his death on July 12‚ 1804 from gunshot wounds as a result of a duel against his rival Aaron Burr‚ he had left a great impact on the state of our government today‚ because of his different point of views and accomplishments. Hamilton had a depressing childhood‚ but because he had overcome all of
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Alexander The Great was born in Macedonia in the year 356 B.C.‚ several hundred years before Christ and even before the rise of Rome. Despite this fact he is still a topic of discussion and study more than two millennium later for a plethora of reasons. His insight and ability on the field of battle has made him a shining example of how to conduct the art of war. He has been studied for centuries by both military journals and colleges. He has also kept the scholars of this world as busy as well.
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