Alexander_the_Great

Alexander the Great Alexander the Great By: Robin Fox Lane Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia, conqueror of the Persian Empire and one of the greatest military geniuses of all times, had many books written about his life and deeds. The book that was read for this term paper was a biography called, “Alexander the Great.” Robin Lane Fox wrote this biography in 1974. The book goes into great detail about Alexander’s early life, to his intense and magnificent battles, to his sensitive and generous personality. In this paper, I will describe how Alexander came to be king of Macedonia, his conquests to unite Asia, and his mental weakness that drove him to die a lonesome death. In an amazing eleven-year journey of conquest, Alexander the Great, of Macedonia, conquered all the way from Egypt to India. Following his reign came Greek institutions and the Greek language, which became the standard way of the ancient world. On the day that Alexander was born, the temple of Diana at Ephesus burned to the ground. People thought that this was an omen, or a sign that the force that would eventually destroy Asia had entered the world. That force alexander, philip, horse, very, macedonia, over, king, about, started, soldiers, time, olympias, man, great, became, alexander’s, way, made, friends, father, asia, took, son, one, india, force, best, because, army, after, young, successful, sign, problems, people, off, life, journey, hephaestion, greek, friend, even, early, day, countries, continued, conquer, city, came, book