Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great was born in Macedonia in 356 BC. Under the wing of Aristotle the great Greek philosopher, young Alexander charge of a cavalry force at age 18 and assisted Philip in defeating the Athenian and Theban armies at Chaeronea. After the assassination of his father, Alexander gained the support of the Macedonian Army and swept out all of his enemies that stood in the way of becoming the king and leader of the Corinthian League. Alexander campaigned to conquer Persia and Egypt, his kingdom stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the western border of India. Alexander the Great’s success proved him to be one of history’s best military tacticians and leaders of empires. His cockiness lead to his demise after he lost in India and died at age 32.
Alexander campaigned against the Persian Empire which was a threat to Greek empire because they stood in the way of establishing Greek settlements in the east. Hellenization is the spreading of Greek culture and language which Alexander is mostly responsible for while he conquered the Middle East and all the countries that stood in his way. Surprisingly, he even established this for his homeland Greece. This is a huge factor to his legacy and fame. Alexander’s ingenious military mind stands out above all great military leaders throughout history. He inherited his father’s army and had allies combining them as one Greek army. He improved the cavalry, employed weapon specialists and built an engineer corps. Not only land operations he excelled at, he also had a strong naval force which gave Greece military power over the Persian military. While he was a fast and swift thinker, he used all branches of his army to accomplish his goals in campaigns. He established a strong body of logistic soldiers, intelligence and communication experts and always thought on how to improve his units. Alexander was always careful of his decisions before he made the orders official. Before battle, he would always...