Alexander had already established a reputation among the army. At age fourteen he was commanding sections of the army, not because he was the king’s son, but because he had demonstrated outstanding battle skills and strategy. By age seventeen, he had complete control of large sections of the army. So, now the army followed him not just because he was the rightful heir to their throne, but also because they chose to.

In 334 B.C., the Macedonian led Greek army began their attack on Persia. Along with the army, Alexander brought historians, scribes, and scientists; in total, they had about 70,000 people. They all crossed over the Hellespont into Asia Minor and began their trek down the coast. Along this journ

It is now 333 B.C.; Alexander and his army of about 50,000 were face to face with King Darius III and his army of about 150,000. They were in Issus, a city with the Lebanon Mountains directly to the east, the Mediterranean Sea to the west, and a small river running right through the middle. The two armies set up phalanxes along the river’s edge; Alexander had three, Darius had five, four along the river and one back with him. Along the western side of this river was a wet marshland. Each military set up a cavalry on their side of the river; Alexander with a 500 man cavalry, Darius with a 2,000 man cavalry. And so it began, and the Macedonian-Greek army was hopelessly outnumbered.

Another reason he was great is because he indirectly spread the culture that he loved. Because he left men at each place he took over in an attempt to keep control, Greek culture spread. Not only did it spread, it spread quickly. The art, the religion, the customs: all became a part, in some way or another, of places all the way out to India. There was tremendous Greek influence all throughout his empire.

After The Battle of Issus, Alexander and his troops made their way south into Egypt, then up through Mesopotamia and the Tigris-Euphrates River Valley, and Percepollus without much of a fight at all.

It was that same year that they started going home, 323 B.C., that Alexander got sick and died. No one knows exactly what happened; some people think he died of natural causes, others say he was poisoned, which was a common practice in that era, especially among Macedonians. No one knows where the Alexander’s body is, either.

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