(LIFE IN SIKANDER -E-AZAM )
(ARISTOTLE AND ALEXANDER)
Alexander was twenty years old at the time of his father,s death .But he was lucky n that he got the rule of macedonia without any difficulty . Otherwise , the rule of that time was that as soon as the king died , battles would start for the throne and everone who had the slightest chance of reaching the throne would particio pate in this battle . Alexander was the only son of his father, and secondly ,there was no other special claimant to the rule of Macedonia at that time. But as a precaution ,Alexander killed all those who could harm him in any way . even killed his nursing half -sister at the instigation of his mother.
*Another good fortune for alexander was that he had a teacher like aristotle , who was considered the most capable and intelligent man of his time . In addition , his father philip also paid special attention to his son,s physical training and for this purpose sent him to a secluded place away from the royal palace so that he would not become lazy due to a life of luxury . Here Alexander also learned physical exercises and gained skills in horse riding, spearmanship , and swordsmanship . At the same time , Aristotle also continued to train him mentally.
*In the early days of his reign , Alexander tried to unite Athens (the capial of greece) and other neighboring countries with him . The reason for this was that befpre setting out n his campaign , he not only wanted to strenghthen his army , but he was also worried that someone might attack macedonia in his absence .Two years passed in this work . During this time , he conquered some areas by force of the sword and other joined him without a fight .
*After being somewhat satisfied with the north and west ,Alexander looked east and saw the vast empire of iran . This empire , stretching from the mediterranean to india , covered millions of miles . It had rivers, mountains ,deserts ,and lakes . In short , it had everything that was necessary to make any region prosperous . This was the reason why the iranian empire was , if not the whole world , then at least half the world . People of almost every color and race lived here .
*A major reason for the attack on the iranian empire was that the iranian darius had also begun to secrety support Alexander ,s opponents . in fact , there wasc a large number of greeks in the iranian army who had been against their neighboring country of macedonia from the begin ning .it was at their instigation that darius took this step .
- In 334 BC , Alexander left macedonia with an army of 35,000. This army consisted of thirty thousand cavalry and five thousand infantry . The most famous of Alexander infantry was the”macedonia column”. This was a square- shaped unit of 256 soldier .That,s is there were sixteen soldier in each row , and the number of these rows was also sixteen . The spears in their hands were also 16 feet long .while walking in this way ,when the soldiers of the first five rows extended their spears foreard , their tips would extend beyond the first row.
- Moving east , Alexander encountered a slightly smaller persian army at the granicus river. This army consisted of twenty thousand cavalry and twenty thousand infantr. The infantry was mostly of greek origin . The army was commanded by people close to darius . including his son-in -law , saptharavatis .