Have you ever heard of Alexander the Great? Most people have. But was he really that great. If you think that he was, you might change your mind after hearing why I think he wasn’t that great.
He conquered a LOT of cities all over Europe and Asia. This guy just decided to go around with his army and take over cities. According to various sources used in the Mini-Q, Alexander conquered multiple cities and decided to name all of them the same thing. There were eleven cities that were named Alexandria.
Source: www.awesomestories.com
Think of dominoes. The hand or whatever is knocking them over is Alexander and his army. The dominoes are the cities. There was one area that Alexander and his army couldn’t conquer, which was India. He actually could’ve taken over them, but because he was finally being nice, he left them alone. Well actually he was impressed with their bravery. But, like, seriously, would you really want some powerful king to come and take over your city? I wouldn’t. NationalInterest.org said that he had about 44% of the world’s population under his rule.
Alexander had an army of about 40,000 soldiers. He had foot soldiers, archers, and cavalry. Most cities probably surrendered. If you didn’t, your city would be destroyed. The ones that surrendered at once were treated with kindly. Alexander was:
- Greedy (if you couldn’t already tell)
- Mean
- Crazy because he thought he was a god (hate to break it to ya, your not!)
Let’s not forget about the amount of people that he killed. If you had a temple in your city, you would probably hide there. The gods supposedly lived in the temples. They wouldn’t want to disrespect the gods.
So, do you think that Alexander the Great deserved his name?
