Friday, October 18, 2013

Alexander accomplishments and how he tried to unify Persia and Greece

He managed to conquer Persia.
He was the commander of the army at sixteen.
He was taught Literature, political science, geography, and biology by Aristole.
Alexander managed to teach his army how to better make use of the weapons, and taught them better strategies.
He has never lost a battle in his thirteen years of life
He founded about 70 cities, 16 of which were named Alexandria.
Managed to cover 22,000 miles of land and built a 400 foot light house in Alexandria, Egypt. It was considered one of the seven wonders in the world.
Became king by 20
Marched as far east as Northern India
He was king of Asia by being able how to unravel the gordian knot.

He and 80 of his solders managed to marry persian woman.
he also wore some of the persian fashion, and even invited some Persian solders into his army.
He also tried to get the persians to treat him like a god.



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