Alexander The Great Research Paper

Alexander the Great was born July 356 BCE in Macedon. Alexander the Great’s given name was Alexander III of Macedon and is the son of Philip II of Macedon and Olympias of Epirus. Alexander the Great was the King of Macedon from 336-323 BCE and was a member of the Argead Dynasty. When Alexander was in his youth he was a pupil to Aristotle. Alexander the Great only spent three years as Aristotle student. In 336 BCE, Philip II of Macedon was assassinated by one of his bodyguards. That’s when Alexander acceded to the spot of King of Macedon at the age of 20. Alexander inherited and strong kingdom and a well-trained army. When Alexander the Great took the throne, he did whatever means necessary to retain the throne. The Macedon army support

In 331 BCE Alexander and his army fought Darius III in the Battle of Gaugamela. Alexander defeated Darius III for the second time, thus Alexander the Great did gain control of the rest of Mesopotamia that was not already under his control. Soon after the Battle of Gaugamela Darius the III was killed and Alexander gave him a proper royal burial. After the Battle of Gaugamela and Darius III death Alexander was the proper King of Persia. Alexander put Macedonians and Greeks in charge of commanding the military and Alexander also have the Babylonian temples

Alexander started killing his closest followers. It became clear that Alexander was no longer able to properly govern his wide spread empire. There was a huge culture difference between Persia and Macedonia led to Alexander having to separate his administration to deal with different problems. Even though Alexander was having troubles governing his wide spread empire, he set out on a mission to conquer the entire world. Alexander the Great established Greek city- states to control the population. In Alexander’s last years he encourages Greeks to intermarry with the Indigenous people, he followed by example when he married Roxane, daughter of Oxyartes, in Sogdiana, in Afghanistan. After Alexander, conquered Afghanistan, he led and army in to what is modern day Pakistan. In 326 BCE Alexander’s army stopped the expedition somewhere in India. His soldiers demanded Alexander to learn when to stop. So, in 324 BCE Alexander returned to Persepolis. In 323 BCE Alexander fell ill and died of a fever in Babylon. Alexander had no true heir to the thrown until after his death when Roxane gave birth to Alexander IV. Soon after it was decided that Alexander the Great’s half-brother Philip III would be appointed joint kings with Alexander IV. The death of Alexander the Great cause great instability in his large empire