Alexander the Great, King of Macedon and a brilliant military mind, is one of the most profound people in history, believed to have never lost a battle during his entire military career. Traveling across Europe from his birth place in Pella, Greece to Yassihüyük, Turkey, he fulfilled the prophecy of the Gordian Knot by becoming ruler of Asia; all that was known of the world at the time by conquering many great empires including the Persian Empire, some on the Mediterranean Coast, and then more in Northern Africa, pushing as far as India. On his and his army’s journey across Asia, he accomplished many things, including striking terror in all those he came across, and defeating one of the most feared empires of the world during his lifetime: The Roman Empire. He almost quenched his need of going to the ends of the earth that Aristotle told him of during his years of teachings, filling his head with an overwhelming amount of aspirations that he drove himself to complete until his death on June 11th, 323 B.C.E.
Just skimming the surface of the many places he visited can be found on this map : Alexander the Great
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