Who Is Alexander Really Great Dbq

Was Alexander really all that Great? Alexander the Great was the King of Greece. His father was King Philip who ruled over Macedonia, where Alexander was born. He was born somewhere around 356 BCE. Alexander became the most famous person in history there is evidence of how he was not so great unlike his name infers. Alexander was not great for these reasons, he was ruthless, power hungry, and unmerciful. Alexander burnt down the citie of Tyre and sold 30,000 men, women, and children into slavery. He also crucified 2,000 men of military age.(Document C) This shows evidence of ruthlessness because he had no empathy or compassion for other only for himself and his crew. This supports my thesis because this shows how he wasn’t great to others who didn't surrender or do exactly what he wanted them to do immediately. Alexander boxed Porus and his elephants in.This shows him being ruthless also because he was cruel and cold hearted. He was scaring the elephants with loud noises to trick them into killing Porus and doing all the work for him. (Document B) This supports my thesis because this proves that Alexander was ruthless and cold hearted to others for no reason. …show more content…
This shows that he was power hungry. (Document A) He conquered so many different places because he wanted to rule the whole world, or as much land as he could. This matters because if he wanted to rule the whole world, and conquer 70 different towns in only eleven years shows that he was power hungry and was all about himself to be powerful.(Document E) Alexander conquered over 2,000,000 square miles show that he wanted to rule everyone everywhere. This supports my claim because he obviously wanted something out of this for power if he just kept conquering and never stopped until he got sick and died one

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