Topic > Alexander the Great - 579

What is Time magazine? Well, it's not a magazine full of watches, Time magazine is about weekly events. Every year they have a Person of the Year cover. Alexander the Great is known for his courage and the way he conquered many countries. Alexander the Great should be the next person of the year because of the many things he changed in his time: he put cities on key routes, he unified the lands he conquered, and he helped unite cultures. Alexander the Great lived a life full of accomplishments. Alexander the Great was born in Macedonia on July 20, 356 BC. He was a handsome boy with curly hair. His parents were the king and queen of Macedonia. King Philip II was always busy or preparing to engage in military campaigns. So he had an unreliable father. He had many teachers because he was rebellious. He had Leonidas and he also had a teacher named Lysimachus who would role play, acting out events, to teach the boy. After these teachers he had the famous teacher Aristotle. When he became a teenager he began to join the army. After his father was murdered, Alexander did ...