Saturday 8 October 2011

Alexander .. loving the Mediterranean

Alexander .. loving the Mediterranean

Is the Alexander the Great or Alexander the Macedonian military commander feat, and the King of Macedonia and is one of the greatest military leaders in the world, he led his armies to open most of the world and the imposition of influence Greek it, and is one of the distinguishing marks left by the Egyptian city of "Alexandria" Bride of the Mediterranean, which was founded by and beautified and made it the capital of his rule in Egypt.

Born Alexander Bella Macedonian capital of the old in 356 BC. M, the son of the King, "Philip" King of the country of Macedonia, which lies in northern Greece continent of Europe, and his mother is the Queen "Olimbas," a student of Alexander the Great by the Greek philosopher, the great Aristotle, and he knew for Alexander the sharp-thinking, courage and skill in many sports, and impressed by the great Greek heroism and conquest which was carried out by the Greeks in different countries.

Alexander the governor

Took Alexander to the throne in 336 BC. M, after the death of his father and was then no more than twenty years old, prompting many state governors Greek against him, but he managed to quell the revolutions of this strength and skill, and was able to rule the country strong, and the work of bringing to the barbarian peoples in the north of Macedonia and his influence on Greece.

In the year 335 BC. M The Alexander campaign and wide for the invasion of Persia, and was able to achieve many victories, Vakhadda many kingdoms under his control and imposed his authority, has also seized on the images in 332 BC. M after the besieging of a number of months, After that occupied large parts of Asia Minor and Syria headed for Egypt.

In Egypt

The opening of Alexander the Great of Egypt in 332 BC. M, is the order that was received by the Egyptians welcome and support the hope of them that will save them from Persian rule oppressive they endured, and has already spent Alexander, the Persians and the rule of Egypt, and was what to do when presented to them that went to visit Temple of Amun in the oasis of Siwa as a kind of gratification for the Egyptians, and the priests of the temple by giving him the title "Son of Amun", which placed it in a privileged position when the Egyptians.

During the approach of Alexander to the Temple of Amun in the oasis of Siwa over the small village of fishermen, which was called, the name of Racodh and he received this place impressed and decided to establish a great city bearing his name and has already entrusted to the engineer "Dinoqratis" this task so he created the style of the Greek cities, which lying directly the horizontal street on the main streets became the city of Alexandria, a city that Alexander had taken the capital of his rule in Egypt.

Alexander also worked to create a new civilization that combines both Eastern civilizations and the Greek civilization Greek brothers grew a mixture between each of the civilizations represented in the new civilization called the "Hellenistic civilization" and the city of Alexandria is the place for the dissemination of this civilization.

Death
After that the work of Alexander to achieve stability in Egypt sought after for the incursion into the Persian Empire, opened many of the country until he reached India, but enables him to disease, he returned to Babylon and died in the year 323 BC. M, which is still in the third and thirty years of age , after his body was transferred to Egypt where he was buried in Alexandria.

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