His early life before he rose to the power:
He was born in the 6th day of ancient Greek days which will be the 21st or 22nd of July in Pella, the capital city. He was the son of the king of Macedon, Philip II, and his fourth wife, Olympias, the daughter of Neoptolemus I, king of Epirus.his father Philip II had six or seven wives but his wife Olympias was his main wife and she gave birth to Alexander. There are many legeneds about alexander’s birth and childhood. The main legened is that Olympias was pragnent before her marriage and Alexander’s ather was Zeus. Alexander was raised in the manner of noble Macedonian youths, learning to read, play the lyre, ride, fight, and hunt.
Who did he conquer and how did he accomplish so much?
At first he attacked Thessaly to take over Macedonia then he defeated the Thracians to the Danube River. When he came back, he defeated and crushed the Illyrians, but rushed back afterwards to Thebes. After his father conquered Greek he went to conquer Egypt, Persia and got to India. He accomplished a lot because he didn’t force people to do what he wants but he had a multi-culture region, multi-religion region and he didn’t put any people into slavery.
What is he known for?
He is most famous for conquering really strong empires at that time.
What did his accomplishments mean to the world- what was his influence?
- The movements of Greek abroad .
- To spread the Greek culture around
- To spread the economics around the world ( he established silver coins )
- To spread the Greek language
- A higher level of education
- The emergence of philosophy as representing a way of life
- increase of individualism ????
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