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Unifiction of Greece

It is very historic in Greece, Greece was unified by Macedonia in the fourth century of B.C.E. Alexander wasn’t the one who unified Greece, it was his day, but he had a pretty big contribution in the unification of Greece. Most of the city- states were unified by his dad, but, his main goal was unifying all the city states, including the ones that nobody pays any attention to. In Rome, pictures of him and his father were built as statues and figures which show his father as big and shows him to be smaller because his father conquered most of it then Alexander finished off the job by unifying all of Greece.

Tyre

From January to July 332, Alexander the Great attempted conquering the naval port of the Persians, Tyre. Alexander ordered a dam to be built because the town was built on an island. After Alexander the Great got support from the naval city of Sidon, he conquered the city. The Tyrains got crushed in so many ways, some committed suicide, others attacked the enemy, and others hid somewhere. Alexander gave orders that everyone not in the temple should be killed and all the homes shall be burned to the ground. The result was terrible, 6000 men that had fought the enemy were brutally killed. This had a very negative impact to Tyre.

Pakistan

Some historians believe that Alexander the Great was great help to Pakistan. Other historians believe that he was just a disaster to Pakistan. Alexander and his forces would host huge massacres all around Pakistan. In Sind, a city is Pakistan more than 80 thousand people were said to have been put to slavery or killed by Alexander and his army. Alexander couldn’t resist the temptation of conquering Pakistan. He had a very rough fight when he first entered it, it is said that he himself was injured in that fight against the local forces. Alexander’s invasion on Pakistan is said to have a very big impact to Pakistan.

The Battle of the Granicus (Anatolia)

Alexander the Great had victory over the Persians in 334 B.C. This battle resulted in Alexander gaining power in Asia Manor, a strong defensive base. What happened was, Alexander the Great was heading out to Asia with about 40 thousand men, and then they faced the Persian army in the Granicus River, that’s why it’s called ‘The battle of Granicus’. A historical significance behind this was that it was the first time Alexander the Great faces his enemy’s army, the Persian army. His enemy himself, Darius 111 wasn’t there, but his countrymen were and that’s what Alexander the great cared about.

Babylon

On 22 October 331, Alexander entered the great country of Babylon. What I found amazing was that loads of people were waiting in the walls of the city for their new king to enter. He was greatly respected; animals and loads of people and gifts were following him. The historical significance is that the king surrendered immediately when it heard that it was Alexander the Great that was going to attempt conquering him. After he conquered Babylon he went to the capital city of Susa and they surrendered and he gained a lot of money out of them. This battle was one of the lamest as they immediately surrendered.

Egypt

Alexander conquered Persia’s naval ports, after he did that he fled to Egypt for about 6 months. Even though his beliefs were different than those of Egypt’s, he had no problem with worshiping the Egyptian gods. Alexander went to a lot of lectures presented by an Egyptian philosopher called Psammon. The historical significance was that for some reason, Alexander brought some Greek education to the Egyptians. Another very important thing to keep in mind is that whenever Alexander would conquer a country he would name it after his name, the country would later on change it back but Alexandria in Egypt remained the same.

Persia (Guagamela)

In 334 B.C Alexander attacked the Persians. His victory over the Persian country of Gaugamela showed the defeat of his Persian enemy King Darius III. The ground in the Persian Empire was flat which made it perfect for the Chariots. Even though Alexander was greatly outnumbered, he defeated the Persian Empire; the Persians had 200,00 while Alexander only had 35,000, that is what the historical significance was. The Persian Empire was finally defeated in 331 B.C. Alexander owned the Persians by burning their castle. Even thought Alexander’s tomb has not been found in the past 2000 years, he is said to have died in Persia, but that is just what some historians think.

India!

Alexander’s voyage to India was the most famous voyage of all his voyages. He came to India in 327 B.C.E. He had a lot of fights in India, but, the most famous and historic fight was against one of the strongest Indian leaders, his name was Porus. The fight was held at Hydaspes in July 326 B.C.E; it was defiantly a very historic fight in the history of Alexander the Great. Alexander captured Porus and the locals allowed him to govern the areas he conquered. The significance of this battle is that the horse that fought with Alexander throughout all of his voyages died.