Why Is Alexander The Great

There are many great kings and leaders of every nation. None, however, contend with Alexander the Great. Alexander was a great leader who contained within himself a great energy which lead him to do what no other had been able to do to such an extent. He conquered nearly all the known land of his time, from sea to shining sea. As Alexander conquered lands, he also united them. Slowly, one of the greatest amounts of land ever conquered also became one of the greatest amounts of people in each land to be united under one ruler. Also, as he conquered the many peoples of his growing kingdom, he slowly furthered the spread of one of the greatest civilizations of the world, the Greek civilization. He even established Greek military schools in each region he conquered. Accomplishments as these are not easy to attain. Only a great leader could do as much. One must consider that a reason for Alexander’s great success came from his great energy and zeal. It is simple for one to become crushed under the strain of the magnitude of

As one looks into the history of Alexander’s conquests, it seems quite on the contrary. The difficulty of uniting a great amount of people from many civilized lands seems to be a passing thing for Alexander. In order to unite the lands, Alexander convinced many Macedonians to marry women of Asian heritage. He also had men from many different regions in his army. Being that his men had such an immense sense of loyalty toward their king, it would seem that having men of different heritages in his army would be very beneficial. Alexander also seemed to be a fair judge who did not appreciate his appointed men deriding and overtaxing his people. Those men, who were not faithful in serving the king and his subjects, were severely punished. In doing this, it might have seemed to his people that he was not a tyrant and that he did have his people in