In 356 BC, King Phillip II of Macedonia and his wife Olympias welcomed a son named Alexander the Great. Alexander became king of Macedon when his father was killed, and the 20-year-old ruler mercilessly killed all his aspirants for the throne. This brutality helped Alexander conquer most of the known globe, building an empire that covered 10,000 miles, much of Europe, the Mediterranean, and even reaching the boundaries of India. Alexander the Great was prone to violent outbursts, and in his later years, he fell victim to megalomania (Alexander the Great). Though not precisely what one would call a negotiator, he was a military genius who frequently used cunning, inventiveness, and lateral thinking to overcome considerably greater troops. The Battle of Gaugamela, which took place in what is now Iraq in 331 BC, was his biggest triumph.
Alexander the Great used the Greek language as an effective instrument. When he forced the use of Greek, it helped to develop a common language that facilitated the growth of culture, trade, and hegemony among the conquered territories. Before his kingdom’s rise, there were hundreds of little-spoken languages. Alexander the Great was a leader because of his blatant bloody-minded conceit and sense of superiority. Alexander was convinced he was a descendant of Achilles since he knew he was right and could manage his charismatic domination. This conviction was ingrained in him early on by his father and his teachers in school, the church, and the military. At the age of 32, he passed away under mysterious circumstances in 323 BC, leaving behind a large kingdom where a reformation had begun but was constantly on the verge of disintegrating (Alexander the Great).
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