Alexander the Great - Conqueror - King - Greatest General of All Time

Alexander the Great - Conqueror - King - Greatest General of All Time

On this episode of Traveling Through History, we take a look at one of the greatest of all time - the Conqueror, King and great military General, Alexander the Great.  He had wide-ranging impact for centuries in Europe, Middle East and Asia, by merging peoples, cultures and changing economies, as well as bringing Hellenistic principles and customers to millions and millions of people around the world during his era of history.

Alexander III of Macedon, better known as Alexander the Great (l. 21 July 356 BCE – 10 or 11 June 323 BCE, r. 336-323 BCE), was the son of King Philip II of Macedon (r. 359-336 BCE) who became king upon his father's death in 336 BCE and then conquered most of the known world of his day.

He is known as 'the great' both for his military genius and his diplomatic skills in handling the various populaces of the regions he conquered.  He is further recognized for spreading Greek culture, language, and thought from Greece throughout Asia Minor, Egypt, and Mesopotamia to India and thus initiating the era of the Hellenistic Period (323-31 BCE) during which four of his generals (his successors, known as the Diadochi), in between their wars for supremacy, continued his policies of integrating Greek (Hellenistic) culture with that of the Near East. He died of unknown causes in 323 BCE without clearly naming a successor (or, according to some accounts, his choice of the commander Perdiccas was ignored) and the empire he built was divided among the Diadochi.

Alexander's campaigns became legendary after his death, influencing the tactics and careers of later Greek and Roman generals, as well as inspiring numerous biographies attributing to him a god-like status.  The general consensus regarding his legacy among Western scholars, anyway, remains largely positive and he remains one of the most popular and recognizable figures in world history, and in popular culture, films, books and TV Shows.

We take a look at a video about Alexander's youth and his rise to power, the 20 Interesting Facts about Alexander the Great and we review a clip from the popular movie "Alexander."

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