Alexander The Great Research Paper

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Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia, and all of Greece was one of the greatest, and well known military commanders of all time. Even in death he inspired many other rulers. His military genius was amazing and he always knew what to do during a battle. Alexander the Great was born in 356 B.C. to King Philip II who succeeded his brother. Philip II is the first ruler ever to take over and control all of Greece, and set up Alexander’s success in his campaign to Persia (Cartledge.) Unfortunately he was assassinated in 336 B.C.., by Pausanias. Philip’s body guards killed him right after, and because of that there are many speculations on why or was he just doing by himself (Abbott ).Alexander’s mother was Queen Olympia from Epirus. She was married