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Alexander the Great was essentially homeschooled:  Philip II arranged for Aristotle to tutor him while growing up, and as a result Alexander became the greatest military leader of all time.  We could say that Alexander was homeschooled by this extraordinary tutor!  '''Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.), as he is known, came closer to conquering the entire world than anyone else before or since'''.  He mapped out his battles with logical precision and never lost a single one.  He went to sleep at night with Aristotle's marked-up copy of the ''Iliad'', the great work of Greek literature, under his pillow.  He treated his conquered peoples better than Aristotle would have, because Aristotle advised Alexander to treat them like animals.   

Alexander the Great was essentially homeschooled:  Philip II arranged for Aristotle to tutor him while growing up, and as a result Alexander became the greatest military leader of all time.  We could say that Alexander was homeschooled by this extraordinary tutor!  '''Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.), as he is known, came closer to conquering the entire world than anyone else before or since'''.  He mapped out his battles with logical precision and never lost a single one.  He went to sleep at night with Aristotle's marked-up copy of the ''Iliad'', the great work of Greek literature, under his pillow.  He treated his conquered peoples better than Aristotle would have, because Aristotle advised Alexander to treat them like animals.   

Alexander personally traveled over 22,000 miles with his troops and often knew the foreign terrain better than his enemies, even though they lived there.  He defeated the most feared empires the world had known and expanded the Greek empire from Persia to Egypt to India, before dying from swamp fever (perhaps malaria) at the young age of 33.  The world would never be the same again.

Alexander the Great personally traveled over 22,000 miles with his troops and often knew the foreign terrain better than his enemies who lived there.  He defeated the most feared empires the world had known and expanded the Hellenistic empire from Persia to Egypt to India, before dying from swamp fever (perhaps malaria) at the young age of 33.  The world would never be the same again.

In a mere four years (334-331 B.C.), Alexander conquered the greatest empire in the history of the world so far:  the Persian empire led by Persian king Darius III.  The Persian armies were far superior to Alexander's army, but Alexander was a brilliant, ferocious and unrelenting military leader.  King Darius III even offered half of the Persian empire and even his daughter's hand in marriage to Alexander in exchange for peace.  Alexander refused and proceeded to completely destroy the Persian army -- capturing every one of its empire's vast treasures!  Darius was then assassinated by one of his own guards, and Alexander became ruler of Persia.  Alexander did not stop there.

In a mere four years (334-331 B.C.), Alexander conquered the greatest empire in the history of the world so far:  the Persian empire led by Persian king Darius III.  The Persian armies were far superior to Alexander's army, but Alexander was a brilliant, ferocious and unrelenting military leader.  King Darius III even offered half of the Persian empire and even his daughter's hand in marriage to Alexander in exchange for peace.  Alexander refused and proceeded to completely destroy the Persian army -- capturing every one of its empire's vast treasures!  Darius was then assassinated by one of his own guards, and Alexander became ruler of Persia.  Alexander did not stop there.