Why hello again my fellow history lovers! After a long time of ballet, sleep, and the awful homework, I am finally able to write this post. This one is about his greatest achievements. My main question this time is How much land did he conquer and what are some of his greatest accomplishments? Enjoy!
After his father was murdered, Alexander became the king at just the age of 20 (wow that's so young!). His father, ( before his death) wanted to take over Persia, so Alexander decided to go and take over Persia. Alexander had lots of loyal soldiers who were very well trained. So off he went to conquer Persia. The Persians had heard about this, so they had prepared lot's of Persian soldiers and some thing very big. They had war elephants. War elephants could charge right over soldiers and impale them with their tusks. As well as having enormous tusks, the elephants were very fast. They could ram into anything no sweat. Yeah, beware of the Dumbos! When Alexander came to Persia, it was obvious that he was outnumbered. But he thought of this as a challenge, and took on the Persians. Now here comes the craziest part, HE WON. Yeah, no joke, he won. So after defeating the Persians, off he went to Egypt. Now back then, Egypt was very powerful, and doing quite well for people who live in the desert. As soon as he came to Egypt, they immediately surrendered. Alexander was smart. he allowed the Egyptians keep their religion, and made him their Pharaoh. (Pharaoh is the king of Egypt). After taking over Egypt, the ambitions Alexander went off to Asia minor, Same as the Egyptians, Asia Minor surrendered. So Alexander allowed them to keep their religion and culture. He also took over India, but then gave it back. Total, he took over around 2 million square miles!
Hey, want to learn more about his greatest accomplishments? Watch this documentary!
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