1&2) I have been serving under Alexander the great for 9 years now. I don’t understand how everybody thinks he is not great. From an early age he always achieved big things and reached his goal, he conquered territories on a superhuman scale. He established many empires until he died at the age of 32, at the age of 20, he inherited the powerful empire of Macedon, which controlled Greece and had already started to make inroads into Asia. In 334 he invaded Persia, and within a decade he had defeated the Persians, he conquered Egypt which remained a province, and Memphis remained its capital. All structures of Egypt were left untouched. Alexander opened up Egypt to Macedonian and other Greek immigrants. Egypt was a province with a ruler and a culture that were to be both Greek and Macedonian. Then he pushed through the Macedonian empire and into India, towards the end of his conquest. Through Alexander’s conquest he spread Greek culture and education. The Greek culture mixed with other cultures, forming new types of civilization which is today is known as Hellenistic. These Hellenistic cities spoke Greek and practiced many of the religious and other cultural practices first introduced by the Greeks.

3) There are many to be considered “great”. Some more than others and all for different reasons. Many people might say that Bob Marley was great for what he did. Bob didn’t just write music for people to listen to and enjoy. The real secret is that Bob’s music is about something. It has value. Bob’s music is life transforming, holding the answering to our highest needs. His music answers in a positive way. Although Bob became a commercial artist, he was not making commercial music. Many swear that his music literally saved their lives. His use of music for spiritual entertainment and healing of the soul, which was prevalent in ancient times, is not found to the same extent now. Elvis Presley may have been the biggest single artist of all time, but are his songs really saying anything about life or even ways to get through life?  On the other hand Bob refined his lyric to simply, perfection. His words were so perfectly simple that they achieved eloquence. Today, his music can be related to, and understood by people anywhere who suffer and love and long for salvation. In other words, Bob Marley was a spiritual healer through his music, there for he was considered a great man.