In 336 BC, the king of Macedon, Philip II, died due to an assasination and Alexander became a king

himself. Alexander was born in 35BC and was a son of Philip II from his fourth marriage.
Alexander's mom Olynias had a marriage full of jealousy with Philip II and by some historians, she
is even thought of as someone who took actively part in the organisational part of the
assasination.
During his childhood Alexander was taught by Aristotle, who gave him an interest in nature,
science and maths.
In 336 BC Alexander inherited a strong kingdom and an experienced army. The hoplite phalanx,
which Greek army was known for, was a formation in which the hoplites would lock their shields
together and the first few ranks of soldiers would project their spears out over the first row. This
phalanx represented a way in which the army represented basically a wall of soldiers, making
frontal assaults very difficult and also allowed more soldiers to be actively in the battle, rather
than just the first row. Agora was a market place, where most of the social events happened.
At one time, Phrygians didn't have a king so and oracle at Phrygia decreed that the next person to
come into the town by an ox-cart should be considered the king and a farmer called Gordian was
declared the king. His son tied his cart to a post with an intricate knot of cornel bark. Alexander
went to Phrygia centuries later and sliced the knot, his biographers later claimed in retrospect that
the one who could untie the knot would become the king. Alexander therefore provided an 'out of
the box' solution to the problem.
The Battle of Tyre can be considered as one of the most important ones ones for Alexander.
Alexander tried to capture a small island with a castle on it. The castle was controlled by Tyrians or
also known as Phoenicians. Since Alexander had no naval ships to use in the attack, he figured out
a way to build
a 20 - 30 meter land bridge made of stone to gross the water. Phoenician ships attacked the bridge
and Alexander
had to find a way to protect the workers who were building on the bridge, he had wooden towers
built on top of the bridge and every worker was signed a personal guard with a shield. Phoneicians
built a very large fire ship to destroy the towers with oil. Basicly the ship had oil pots in the middle
and it crashed into the bridge and set the towers on fire.
Alexander used some ships to put them sideways near the bridge to guard it. He also had backup
ships from the Phoenicians who joined his side from other places. The Tyrian castle had two docks
behind it. So one night the phoenician ships set sail from the docks and
raided Alexanders camp. Alexander figured out that if he followed the ships back to the docks with
his ships, he would
be able to get in there. So he did that and trailed the ships right into the castle through the two
docks and conquered it.
He gave the castle to his people to control it and never have to worry about it anymore.
During his campaign to conqeur the Persian Empire, Alexander stayed at Siwah briefly and was
declared half man-half god at the famous oracle.
The battle of Arbela was a decisive and important battle for Alexander, leading to the fall of the
Persian Empire. Although being heavily outnumbered, Alexander emerged victorious due to his
superior tactics and army. With the Persian Empire under Alexander's control, he tried to kill the
last king, Darius III, who got killed before Alexander got him by one of his own soldiers.

Scythians were mobile culture which was very rare at the time, they were unconquerable and
Alexander tamed them.
Rock at Sogolinna - it had a shape of verticle, town was up on the rock. Alexander fooled them
and conquered them.
Indian conquest was tough for Alexander and his army. During his way there he even got wounded
himself, due to mainly getting the god-like feeling of himself.
After Alexander's death his favourite wife, perhaps the only wife he really loved, Roxanne tried to
make sure that her son would have the full right to the throne, and that she could serve as a regent
until her son was old enough to lead the empire himself. That meant killing the other wives of
Alexander.
Mutiny- refused to fight. Gave him he King's daughter.
Gedrosian Desert was passed by Alexander and his army on the way back from India. Alexander
was fascinated with the idea that he was the first emperor to pass the desert, and that was
something that made him want to go forward with the plan. The Macedonian Army suffered a lot,
losing a lot of men due to dehydration and the fact that the desert literally ate men, being so hot
and having the 'killing' sunshine.
His future plans-wanted to do an army out of Persians and Greeks, also to make racial fusion
happen.
Alexander's death is still one of the great mysteries of history. It is thought that he might have died
due to malaria or , also his death may have happened due to his severe health problems.
Alexander was a heavy drinker and as the years progressed, he became more daredevil and put his
well-being at risk.
One of the biggest personal heroes of Alexander was Heracles, man of unbelievable physical
strength and sexual prowess.