Alexander the Great
Title: Alexander the Great
Category: /Science & Technology/Chemistry
Details: Words: 424 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Alexander the Great
Category: /Science & Technology/Chemistry
Details: Words: 424 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Alexander III of Macedon, better known as Alexander the Great, single-handedly changed the entire nature of the ancient world in little more than ten years.
Born in the northern Greek kingdom of Macedonia in 356 BC, to Philip II and his wife Olympias, Alexander was educated by the philosopher Aristotle. Following his father's assassination in 336 BC, he inherited a powerful yet volatile kingdom, which he had to secure - along with the rest of the Greek
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torn apart in the power struggles of his successors. Yet Alexander's mythical
status rapidly reached epic proportions and inspired individuals as diverse as Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Louis XIV and Napoleon.
He continues to be portrayed according to the bias of those interpreting his achievements. He is either Alexander the Great a great knight or bloody monster,
but above all he is fully deserving of his description as one of the most significant individuals in history.