Essay: Alexander the Great: Journey to the End of the Earth by Norman F. Cantor

Storyline: This book tells about Alexander and his journey as king. It explains the wars and land he conquered.
Main Characters:
Alexander the Great- Alexander the Great was conceived in July, 356 B.C., his parents was Phillip the ll and third spouse Olympias, they were macedonian.He was known as a conqueror, but his real motive was to liberate countries and exchange culture with them. Alexander had conquered Egypt, Persia, Asia Minor, Syria, India, Afghanistan, and much more.
Setting:
336 B.C.E  to 323 B.C.E
Macedonia
Review:
As you read this book you will be definitely astonished, engaged, and much better educated. You will increase new bits of knowledge into Alexander of Macedon’s reality. For instance, the traditional Greek world – the one we connect with the great philosophers, the considerable writers and dramatists, and the early tests in  popular government – was really an altogether different yet fundamentally developmental world for Alexander. The Greek lifestyle from which Alexander rose was a wild universe of eagerness, brutality, sexual wantonness, and subjugation. Conceived in 356 B.C., this defective yet intriguing figure of the ancient world – following in the strides of his dad, Phillip II,expected his dad’s royal position at twenty years old and after that proceeded to control a tremendous domain, gobbling up a large portion of western and eastern Europe alongside western Asia through his key splendor and his persistent quest for control.
Besides, Alexander, having been mentored by Aristotle, and having become an adult in a post-Homeric universe of cruelty, was a man whose perplexing character and conduct remains a riddle for present day events. Alexander’s amazing valor, boldness, and quality – those characteristics which Alexander deliberately displayed upon Achilles, the saint of the Trojan War, and those same characteristics about which we think we are effectively educated – were fundamentally and perilously relieved by the victor’s particular private life, his religious enthusiasm, and his difficult identity. When Alexander passed away, at the stature of his forces, after a reign of just twelve years and seven months, he was the much feared yet minimal comprehended champion of the known world.
The books makes me think about how Alexander the Great impacted our society today. He experienced numerous domains and influenced culture. He went to the Achaemenid empire, through northern India, Egypt and different areas. In the book on page 91, it says that he didn’t force the greek way on other cultures. “He allowed the customs of the country to remain in place and made no attempt to impose Greek ways on anyone.”  (Cantor 91)  This let’s me know that he had some type of leadership skills, knowing that he was more of a conqueror. The greek culture was his contribution to the Hellenistic Period after his death. His spread of the culture was a smart leadership contribution to our future.
With Alexander’s passing away came the continuous disassembling of the empire, which had no way of persisting without his authority. In his thirty-two years he had gathered one of the best military records ever. His splendor as a strategist showed itself over and over, as he efficiently vanquished a noteworthy segment of Asia one piece at any given moment. Alexander was especially powerful in adjusting to foe strategies, and he generally knew how to take advantage of weaknesses. Besides, his authority capacity isn’t to be belittled. He knew how to pick the correct governors and how to keep them in line; he knew when to trade off and when to be unshakable. Alexander might not have delighted in the affection for his subjects– especially in Greece– yet he effectively administered them by conjuring the fitting parity of dread and regard. In spite of the fact that he was merciless with potential schemers, he additionally had valid justification to believe that his life was not safe, as innumerable past rulers had lost their lives because of thoughtlessness.