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Running Head: HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION
History of Western Civilization
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HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION 1
The History of Alexander the Great
The aim of this paper is to demonstrate how and why Alexander, the king and the
warrior is not simply called Alexander III, but ‘Alexander the Great’. The great ruler of
Macedonia, and one of the greatest military minds of the world, created himself and built the
biggest empire beyond the imagination. As suggested by Ferrill (2018), the warrior fought
innumerous battles and according to the records of history, he won almost all. The ancient world
had never experienced such a brilliant, diplomatic, ruthless and charismatic emperor before him.
However, the great king died prior to see that his profound influence on the Asian and the Greek
culture has given rise to a new historical epoch – that is the Hellenistic Period. In 356 B.C,
Queen Olympias gave birth to the legendary Alexander III, in Pella ruled by king Philip II. The
king of Pella was so revered in Greece that they did not see him other than Zeus, the master of
the Greek gods. One of the important fact about the king of Pella is he fantasied about
conquering the large empire of Persia, which his son actualized later (Ober, 2015).
At the age of sixteen he was given the charge of Macedonia and proved his first victory
over the rebellious Thracians. The prince was royally tutored by Aristotle and undoubtedly the
‘Illiad’ inspired him the most. At the age of eighteen, the prince earns victory for Macedonia by
defeating the collaborative force of Thebes and Athens. The first great war voyage of the price
was against Persia starting from 336 BC. As informed by Downey (2015), the confederate forces
were supposed to be commanded by the king Philip, but after his mysterious murder, prince
Alexander became elected as a commander to take the charge. In 335 BC, the Theban rebellious
against the confederate league compelled Alexander to more than 6000 Thebans ruthlessly and
enslave the surviving Thebans. In 334 BC, the great king of Macedonia commenced his journey