Alexander the Great

The first Western attempt to conquer Asia was made by Alexander of Macedon, whom Western writers call the "Great" because of his superp martial exploits.
Alexander the Great ( 356-323 B.C). Acclaimed in song and story, Alexander the Great was truly one of the world's greatest military genuises. born in the Pella, Macedonia's capital ( now in Yugoslavia), in 356 B.C he was the son of King Philip II, who was generally known as Philip of Macedon.
His father gave him an excellent education to train him for leadership. Alexander was brilliant in both academic and military studies. His best teacher was the greek Philosopher Aristotle who tought him the love of Greek culture. His favorite book was Homer's Iliad, which he carried in all his military campaig's and read every night before going to sleep.
Handsome, dynamic, strong, and intelligent, Alexander was Macedonia's best warrior. At the age of 16, while his father away fighting in Byzantium, he crushed an uprising in thrace. Two years later, he helped his father defeat the Greeks.