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Alexander was born in Babylon, Macedonia now called (Iraq) in 356 B.C. His parents are considered to be Hellenic or Greek. His mother was Queen Olympia, daughter of king Neoptolemus. His father King Philip II was born in Greece, Pella. Alex’s father was king of Macedonia, he had many wives and most were political. Alex’s father invested several mentors for him. Leonidas was of Alexander’s mentor who taught him arithmetic and archery. Alexander's last mentor was Aristotle who created a tomb for him to carry on military campaigns. Aristotle inspired Alex to have a passion for literature. Alex may have felt insecure about his father and did not have a strong liking towards him. Some scholars believe that Alex was seeking external solutions to internal problems. They also concluded that Olympia had something to do with her son’s vulnerability (Rosiman,1997). Soon after his father was murdered in Babylon by one of his body guards, Pausanias; a Macedonian noble. Which then proceeded his son to become king after his death. In order for him to claim his throne he must sacrifice someone in return. Olympias murdered the daughter of King Philip. Soon after, Cleopatra committed suicide by drinking a poisonous egyptian serpent because she did not want be under …show more content…

He defeated the Persians at the battle of Gaugamela then he became King of Babylon, King of Asia. Alexander then conquered Eastern Iran where he created Macedonian colonies. He then traveled and defeated King Porus’ armies in Northern India. Alex and his armies also defeated the larger force of King Darius iii of Persia at the battle of IIsos. He then went to travel more across the country and conquered the Phoenician city of Sidon and Aleppo. When he conquered Syria he found the city Alexandria. When Alex and his armies went to conquer Egypt, Egypt fell without

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