life as a solider

                           I, Brooks have been a solider for 15 years and the battle against Persia has been the hardest battle I have ever fought in. I thought we were headed home after the battle but instead Alexander wants us to capture more land for his empire. Why is he not satisfied with Persia? It is a huge piece of land. I want to see my family and let them know I am okay.

                      I do not see why Alexander The Great is so great. I have never met him. He has only bossed me around. He has made our military much more successful though. He introduced new weapons such as the two handed pike, which is what I use. It gives me an offensive and defensive advantage so I can be more effective in battle. He also made us start to train for different jobs. I am in a cavalry. There is also a heavy infantry, archers, skirmish infantry, and light and heavy cavalry. This actually makes us more effective in battle I believe we were better prepared for the battle against Persia than lots of other battles we have fought.

                       Back in Alexandria a new kind of culture has been blended and it is called Hellenistic culture. It is a blend of Egyptian, Persian, and Indian culture.  I believe this culture was caused by Alexander not making people believe in one culture. This was a smart move on his part because people with all cultures feel like there culture is welcome in Alexandria. This culture also brought many new ideas to Alexandria in science and technology. The museum is a huge observatory in Alexandria were very smart people would study. Hellenistic culture also influenced philosophy and art in a positive way. Much like its effect on science and technology Hellenistic culture brought many smart philosophers and artist to Alexandria. All of this made Alexander’s empire more successful over all. Both Adolf Hitler and Alexander The Great were very successful rulers. As soon as Hitler was appointed chancellor in 1933 he change the government which was a Weimar Republic into the Third Reich which was a single-party dictatorship based on the idea of Nazism. Alexander ensured his reign by killing his rivals to the throne. Both Hitler and Alexander tried to ensure their position of high power as soon or even before they were appointed it. After ensuring their rule both of them wanted to expand the amount of land they had control over. Hitler did this by expanding into Poland and Alexander did this by capturing Persia. But both of them were not happy with what the had captured and the wanted more land so they got more land by capturing more surrounding countries and empires. Both rulers did not leave the people alone in a area in which they had captured. They put them to work or killed them all. Hitler’s plan was to either put them to work or if they were Jews to kill them. Alexander’s plan was to make them fight in his army till they died fighting.

 

    

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