Alexander the Great was a Macedonian king that became the king of Greece. He took over the throne when his father, Philip II of Macedonia, died. Even though he was only 20 years old when he became king, he was well educated because he was taught by Aristotle, a famous Greek philosopher. When he became king, he was already experienced as a commander of the Macedonian army since he was 16 years old. Alexander the Great became the greatest general of the Ancient World because he was a military genius; he was a fair and strong ruler; and his accomplishments were great enough to inspire the Hellenistic Age. Alexander became the greatest general of the Ancient World because he was a military genius. He spent a long time conquering the territories of the Persian Empire. Alexander slowly defeated the Persian army and claimed the Persian land. As Alexander went on, he reorganized governments and laws along the coast of Asia Minor in the conquered lands. After this, Alexander wanted to continue to conquer more land but his army refused to go farther east than India. Alexander created an empire that stretched 22,000 miles from the Nile River in Egypt to the Indus River in India. In all of his battles, he never lost one. After he created his empire, Alexander showed that he was a fair and strong ruler. …show more content…
Alexander was very fair because he let the native people that he captured serve in the new government. However, many of the native officials later had to be replaced. He tried to keep the same government style of the conquered lands rather than changing things to the way he wanted. He allowed some degree of self-government by the cities. He dreamed that the whole world would come together in peace and he wanted to bring unity and justice to his empire. He wanted everyone to be