Alexander the great global war lord

There has been hundred and thousands of great warlords...but no one is as popular as Alexander the great...Everywhere in the world people know who Alexander the great was...his story is told not just in one language but in several languages like Greek, Russian, Persian, Egyptian, Indian, Albanian, Arabian , Mesopotamian, Roman languages. He is even mentioned in Bible and Quran...He was and is considered as a bar for success ...and he was only 33 when he died...There is something very intriguing about his story which has influenced not just one civilization but many...for 300 years war were fought just for his dead body...whoever had his dead body was considered as the lord of world...

Thanks for sharing indeed he was great because he had courage not only to dream big but also to strive for it. His mother olympia had a lions share in his success.

Originally posted by: Radiant_Eyes_

Thanks for sharing indeed he was great because he had courage not only to dream big but also to strive for it. His mother olympia had a lions share in his success.

Philip was no Alexander.Philip was no doubt a significant part of Macedonian history as a nation builder and he created military machine. Even Genghis Khan ruled over vast lands,and was a military machine but was not given the title of Great.Nebuchadnezzar of the hanging gardens fame was not called Great.
But Alexander is considered the first Superstar of the known world.
For with his conquests, military victories and youth, he also brought about a philosophy of his own just like the way Cyrus the Great was known for justice, Asoka the Great was known for truth, Akbar the Great was known for bringing together religions.All those who brought about a change in the way of thinking, inaugurated an era, and these 'Greats' did with a vision far ahead of their times. Alexander believed in the amalgamation of peoples and cultures, but used conquest as his known path to it.For him it not just the land and treasures, but was also about the people. And so he projected himself as a Greek king to the Greeks to take vengeance on their behalf and a Persian king to the Farsis as a benevolent king.
As they say,sab takdeer leke aatey hain,and he brought his destiny with unmatched charisma and ability to style his public image with different audiences differently.
Philip lacked finesse and philosophy that was Alexander moulded by Aristotle.
That the Iranians hate him today is today's nation politics. The Shahnamah, which is a 10th century AD chronicle of Persian kings, actually writes about Alexander(Iskander he was called) as if he had a Persian father ! Such was his impact even 1000 years after passing.