Here is a short documentary on Alexander the Ancient MACEDONIAN!! NOT GREEK!! He fought against the Greeks!! Be careful of the Greek propaganda!!!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ek2THOUI1iQ
http://youtube.com/watch?v=coBlWC-bav4
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9El4kKslR00
2007-02-27 13:54:40
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answered by SOLUN macedonia 3
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Alexander was from the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia(The Greek-Macedonia or authentic Macedonia!).
Alexander unified the Greek states and conquered a big part of the Balkans, Asia Minor, Mesopotamia (modern Iraq and Iran,) middle east, North India(modern day Pakistan) and Egypt.
So Alexander's Empire stretched from Greece to India.
Julius Cesar conquered the Gauls (modern day France) and some parts of Asia Minor.
As you can see Alexander conquer at list 3 times more!
You can watch a very interesting (and real documentary) from History Channel. It was aired on Monday, October 23, at 9:00 PM
" Engineering An Empire: Greece: Age of Alexander"
It has a very Good description of what Alexander Did!
"In 438 BC the Parthenon was completed. This masterpiece is the crowning achievement for the Greek people. Without Alexander the Great, it is possible Greece's Golden Era would have been just a footnote in history. Tens of thousands would die during Alexander's relentless attacks on Persia and Egypt, yet, his armies carried Greek life, culture and values far abroad and this empire became known as the "Hellenistic" world. Greece's amazing engineering achievements and ideas are still with us today.
http://www.history.com/marquee.do?content_type=Marquee_Generic&content_type_id=51242&display_order=2&marquee_id=51188
I hope you find this helpfull!
{Do not confuse the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia or Macedon (which was the birth place of Alexander) with the modern state of (Slavic/Albanian)Macedonia as they are not related at all). The confusion has started a few years ago because that small state started to use the name “Republic of Macedonia” causing a great confusion with authentic Macedonia in Greece.}
2007-02-27 21:25:59
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answered by ragzeus 6
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Alexander the Great conquered more land than anyone in history. He would've kept going, but his army refused. Ceasar started expanding the Roman empire, but his adopted son, Augustus, is the one who really expanded it. There really is no comparison to how much land Alexander the Great conquered.
2007-02-24 07:53:09
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answered by queenrakle 5
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