1 Alexander the Great led his army from Macedonia to attack Darius, the king of Persia and Media. He conquered Darius and became the first Greek to rule that part of the world.
2 Alexander fought a lot of wars; he captured strong fortresses and put kings to death.
3 In fact, he went across the whole earth and took the treasures of many countries.Every nation on earth surrendered to Alexander, and he became very famous, but also very arrogant.
4 He gathered a powerful army and conquered lands, nations, and rulers, forcing them all to pay taxes to him.