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Alexander The Great

My report is on Alexander III(354-323 B.C.E) of Macedon. My source for report
is an article from January, 1968 edition of the National Geographic. The article is titled
“In the Footsteps of ”. It discusses entire journey through Asia and
Egypt conquering every country that he wished. As if being king of Macedon wasn’t

enough for an eighteen year old boy to handle. Throughout his battle he took over

countries like Egypt, Persia, Mesopotamia, and Asia Minor. At the age of twenty-four he

was king of more than three countries.

Alexander the Great became king of Macedon in 336 B.C.E. ascending his father’s

throne. Since his father, Philip II, had conquered Greece too. ...

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and his army broke the Persian line

and Darius was forced to flee. Eventually in 330 B.C.E., in a series of brilliant battles,

Alexander destroyed the power of Darius III and took his lands and titles for himself. He

might have stopped then, rich in glory and plunder. But his thirst for fame and his

questing sprit drove him on. For seven more years he fought his way up from mountain to

mountain, from city to city, from the steppes of Russia to the valley of Indus, as his troops

turned sullen and mutinous. In time he brought them back to Babylon, which he saw

death and the break up of his subjugated but unreconstructed ...

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Added: 5/27/2004 02:43:58 AM
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