Alexander | The Greatest Military Generals | Series by Academic Block

Story of the Alexander the great, as a part of the world history series on the Greatest Military Generals. Presented by the Academic Block. This Video will answer your questions like: Why was alexander the great, great? How old was alexander the great when he became king? Was alexander the great Greek? Who defeated alexander the great? What was alexander the great known for? When was alexander the great born and died? Why is Alexander the Great still famous? Why did Alexander return from India? Is Alexandria named after Alexander the Great? Was Alexander really great? How old was Alexander the Great when he die? How did Alexander the Great die? Follow the complete story at: https://www.academicblock.com/history... This is the story of Alexander III, most commonly known as Alexander the Great. Born in 356 B.C. to King Philip II and Queen Olympias in Macedonia, he was already on the right path to greatness and a bright future. On top of it, he was loved the most, by his parents and the public. Just at the age of 12, Alexander tamed a wild horse who was entirely off his rockers and hard to be controlled, it couldn’t be tamed, even by the greatest wranglers. Bucephalus, the horse, later became the greatest companion of Alexander. When Alexander turned 13, his father like any other responsible father decided to provide the best education for his son. And who would be better to educate a future general than Aristotle himself? Alexander was often scolded by his father for not taking his studies seriously. But the love of his mother always protected him from the wrath of his father. Aristotle and Alexander had a pretty good relationship as well. He also became an advisor to Alexander in later years. Philip had to leave for a battle in 338 B.C. Alexander was just 16 at that time and Philip left him in charge of Macedonia. But Alexander, didn’t want to rule because of this opportunity, he wanted to rule because of his abilities. The young Prince then seized the moment and decided to prove his worth to Macedonia. He and his cavalry marched to a battle with the Sacred Band of Thebes. Back then that Band was believed to be undefeated and invincible. But Alexander was born to break the norms and thus defeated the entire fleet by himself and prove his military might to his nation and family. It was 336 B.C. when a great tragedy struck Alexander. Philip was assassinated and the culprit was no one other than a trusted bodyguard Pausanias. This changed Alexander from within. He was now trusting fewer and fewer people and focused his attention and efforts on expanding his empire. At just the age of 20 Alexander claimed the Throne and destroyed his enemies before they could destroy him. After defeating the Persian and Greek Armies, Alexander moved south to the City of Sardes, presently a part of Turkey and captured it with quite ease. Although his armies faced a bit of retaliation and resistance in Miletus Halicarnassus and Mylasa, but eventually they defeated them all. almost all the cities and rulers were familiar with Alexander and his might. In every battle Alexander was in, he won. There was no one who could even think of crossing Alexander the wrong way. This is when Alexander quoted one of his most famous quotes, “There is nothing impossible to him who will try”. Persuing Darius, Alexander now moved to Marathus and Aradus, located in present day Syria. Darius begged for mercy but Alexander rejected his request and captured cities of Byblos and Sidon. In 332 B.C. Alexander moved to Tyre, currently located in Lebanon, in January that year. Tyre was an Island and Alexander did not have Naval forces at that time. Thus he ordered his troops to build him a causeway but the Tyrian armies pushed back his armies as they had a navy, and the geographical conditions were also not favoring Alexander as well. In July 332 B.C. Alexander won against Tyre and another challenging victory was named under Alexander the Great. Pretty sure now you know why he is called “Alexander The Great”. After Alexander successfully conquered Egypt, he then moved to Persia to face Darius. It was October 331 B.C. and Alexander was ready to fight Darius. With heavy casualties and financial losses at both sides, Darius decided to flee again. But this did not end well for him. Darius was killed by his own army men and Alexander was sad at this. Yes, Alexander wanted to defeat Darius and win, but not like this. Out of respect and generosity, he gave Darius a proper Royal Burial. As Alexander did not named his successor, after his demise, his large kingdom felt a need for a new strong king. Some generals vouched for the illegitimate child of Philip II named Philip Arrhidaeus while other supported the Son of Alexander and Roxane named Alexander IV. They both divided the regions and accomplishments of Alexander the Great. © https://www.academicblock.com