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You have just been challenged with the question "Was Alexander great or not?"
Your position is that Alexander was great, but you will have to persuade everyone else. Explain what made Alexander the Great so great (give 2 examples) and how he spread Greek culture (1 example) and brought ideas from other cultures back to Greece (1 example).

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He may have been the worlds first action hero and he knew how to crush a rebellion

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Alexander was no doubt a great military leader, and while his prestige may have been embellished, he did nevertheless create the largest empire the world had seen to date.In one famous battle, the Battle of Hydaspes, Alexander not only let the king, Porus, continue to rule his land, but he gave him more land to rule

Alexander spread Greek culture throughout the Persian Empire, including parts of Asia and Africa.Alexander encouraged his soldiers to marry Persian women, in this way, the children of these marriages would share both Persian and Greek cultures.

Alexander spread Greek culture throughout the Persian Empire, including parts of Asia and Africa. Alexander respected the local cultures he conquered, and allowed their customs to continue.Alexander created the Hellenistic Age, a time when Greek culture mixed with the various cultures of Alexander's Empire.

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