Does Alexander deserve to be called "Great"?
     Many people think that Alexander should be called "great" and many people think that he should not. I believe that Alexander should be called "Alexander the Great." He conquered a great deal of land from about Greece all the way to about India. He was also a great military commander. He had a strong military and took over things with this advantage. Alexander learned after his father who taught him a great deal of responsibility including education, military importance, and watched his father take over many different parts of the land. As you can see Alexander did many great things in his lifetime.

     His military intelligence was amazingly good. He started learning at an early age from his father who was transforming Macedonia into a great military power at the time. Alexander always watched his father victory after victory winning every time. His father taught him well about the military. When Alexander was only sixteen years old his father, Phillip, left him with control over Macedonia. There was a danger to the country and Alexander had to do something about it. He assembled his army. He led them and defeated the rebels of Maedi. In about 338 B.C. he destroyed a great and powerful Greek force. The name of this force was the Theban Secret Band. He soon got into a battle with the Thebans. Alexander puts some of his army behind them so they could not cut him off. Finally, Greece still remained under the control of Macedonia. The conquest of Egypt was also very important. He found that city could be designed and built at the mouth of the Nile River. It could be used as trading and Macedonian outpost. The first one was here but he also had many others as well. He named this city after him. It was called Alexandria.
   
      As you can see on the picture of the map he conquered from about Greece all the way to India. He deserves to be called great if he led his troops through all of this land and winning every bit of it. After his father passed. He had to take the military over at very young age of about eighteen years old. One of the first empires he captured was the Persian Empire. This was a great capture because it was one of the biggest empires ever. Alexanders very first attack was in Thessaly. He went for them because he was going to restore Macedonian rule there. Alexander defeated them all the way up to the Danube river. He then went to Thebes and only left temples and the house of Pinder. The house of Pinder was a well known poet in the 5th century. 

      He conquered a big deal of land at an early age. If he was only eighteen years old when he started attacking and taking over cities. You know that he is going to be "great." Alexander was very talented with his military and knew good strategies for his military to take over other places. He was the head of his military. He used calvary to attack sometimes. This was very hard to stop including the catapult. This is why Alexander deserves to be called "great."

Works Cited

"The Conquests of Alexander the Great." ThinkQuest. Oracle Foundation, n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2013.

"Alexander the Great (Alexander of Macedon) Biography." Alexander the Great (Alexander of Macedon) Biography. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2013.