Alexander the Great
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- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Royalty, Rulers, Nobility, Military History
- Subcategories: Generals, Military Officers, Soldiers, Kings, Queens, Kingdoms, Monarchy, Empires, Dynasties, Hellenistic Age, Ancient Greece
- Curriculum: Eastern European History, Middle Eastern History, Ancient History
Article abstract: Military significance: Alexander’s conquest of Persia, one of the greatest civilizations in the world, resulted in extension of Greek (Macedonian) culture from Greece to India. He pioneered the idea of logistics, or feeding and supplying an army on the move.
Alexander was the son of Philip II, king of Macedonia, who had developed the world’s first standing army. Alexander was a pupil of Aristotle, who instilled in Alexander a passion for learning. In 338 b.c.e., at the age of eighteen, Alexander commanded his father’s left flank at the...
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